〈史〉 (由金属或木头盒子装上炸药制成的用于炸门或在墙上炸洞的)攻城炸药箱。
a kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report
爆竹,炮仗。
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hoist with (或by )one's own petard have one's plans to cause trouble for others backfire on one 搬起石头砸自己的脚;害人反害己 -
[ORIGIN from Shakespeare's
Hamlet (iii. iv. 207);hoist is in the sense ‘lifted and removed', past participle of dialecthoise (seeHOIST ).]
"mid 16th cent.: from French