petard

petard

英 [pɪ'tɑːd]
　　美

n. 爆竹，花火；爆炸裝置

中文詞源：

petard 攻城炸藥箱，爆竹

來自中古法語peter,爆炸聲，放屁聲，來自拉丁語petere,爆炸，放屁，來自PIE*pezd,放屁，擬聲詞，詞源同fart.

例句：

1. It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.
設圈套陷害他的對手固然是個妙計, 可是到頭來卻是作法自斃.

2. The police hoisted the criminal with his own petard.
警察使罪犯搬起石頭砸自己的腳.

3. Critics say he is in danger of being hoist with his own petard.
有批評者認為他的話無疑是作繭自縛,但不管如何,切爾西是否能有一天超越在全球范圍擁有五千五百萬球迷、年獲得五千萬英鎊收益的曼徹斯特聯隊?