Engineers used a crane to hoist the heavy steel beam into place atop the new bridge.
工程师们用起重机将沉重的钢梁吊起并安放到新桥的顶部。
Which choice best defines “hoist”?
A — Lift, raise. “hoist” means lift, raise.
Which word means “lift, raise”?
C — hoist. “hoist” means lift, raise.
hoist — lift, raise. In Chinese: 吊起，升起.
hoist is pronounced /hɔɪst/.
Engineers used a crane to hoist the heavy steel beam into place atop the new bridge. (工程师们用起重机将沉重的钢梁吊起并安放到新桥的顶部。)
raise, lift, elevate — all close in meaning to hoist (lift, raise).
lower, drop — each the opposite of hoist (lift, raise).
Yes. hoist is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
hoist(to lift or raise).