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单词 unpropped
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unproppedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒpt/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɑpt/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and propped adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, prop v.1, -ed suffix1, propped adj.
Etymology: Originally < un- prefix1 + prop v.1 + -ed suffix1; compare propped adj. (which is first attested later in the relevant sense). In later use partly also directly < un- prefix1 + propped adj. Compare slightly earlier unprop v.
Not propped or propped up; unsupported by a prop (literal and figurative).
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the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective]
propless1605
unpropped1608
unsustained1623
unsupported1635
supportless1658
unpillared1706
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] > supported > not
discounselled1480
stayless1587
unstayed1594
unpropped1608
unseconded1608
unbacked1609
unpartied1641
unsustained1697
unupheld1827
1608 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. Ded. 212 For, Vines, vnpropped, on the ground do craul.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. v. 119 I haue beheld A widdow Vine, stand, in a naked field,..Vnpropt, vnsuccoured by stake or tree.
1675 T. Otway Alcibiades v. i. 50 When success me to my wishes calls, I'l shake him off, and then unpropt he falls.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 110 The Nerves no more sustain The Bulk; the Bulk unprop'd, falls headlong on the Plain.
1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams iii. xciii. 173 Thy panters, unpropt, are decay'd To nets of Arachne's control.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. vi. 396 The ceremony of an oath in its pure state, unpropped by that support.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 79 He..tried to stand Alone unpropped—to be obliged to none.
1860 Eclectic Sept. 251 If ever a man stood alone and unpropped, that man was Hugh Miller.
1966 Poetry 108 404 The refusal to face the responsibilities of poetry unpropped by some convulsive external energy.
2004 W. Powrie Soil Mech. (ed. 2) vii. 443 Unpropped embedded walls rely entirely for their stability on an adequate depth of embedment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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