n. 1.支柱。 2.支持者,拥护者,后援者,后盾,靠山。 3.晾衣绳支柱 (=clothes-prop)。 4.〔美俚〕腿。 短语和例子 pit props 【矿物】坑木。 He is the only prop of mine. 他是我的唯一的靠山[支柱]。 the main prop of a state 国家的栋梁。 vt. (-pp-) 支持;把…靠着。 He propped his cane against the wall. 他把自己的手杖靠墙立着。 prop up (把…)撑住;给…撑腰。 vi. (马等)前腿突然挺直地停住。 n. 【戏剧】道具(= property)。 n. 〔英盗贼俚语〕钻石别针。 n. 〔口语〕【航空】螺旋桨 (=propeller)。
a propeller that rotates to push against air 同义词:airplane propeller, airscrew,
a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" 同义词:property,
support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" 同义词:prop up, shore up, shore,
例句与用法
1.
Wood is still extensively used for props . 木材仍广泛地用于支柱。
2.
Truth will stand without a prop . 真理无支援之时,亦能站得住脚。
3.
He used a box to prop the door open . 他用盒子顶住门,让门开着。
4.
He propped his cane against the wall . 他把自己的手杖靠墙立着。
5.
The invalid lay propped on the pillows . 那病弱者倚靠在枕头上。
6.
She propped her bicycle against the wall . 她把自行车靠墙放好。
7.
The regime had been propped up by foreign aid . 该政权是靠外国援助维持着的。