| 单词 | prop |
| 释义 | prop (once / 612 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A prop is something you use as a support, like a broom that serves as a prop to hold a door open. A prop is also something that goes on stage, like a garbage can in a Beckett play. When you use a prop, you can say you prop something, or prop it up: "Here, prop your blanket fort up with this chair." This handy word also means "a moveable object used on the set of a movie or play." If you get a film job as a prop master, you'll be in charge of placing props in the correct spot before a scene is shot. This theatrical meaning is actually a shortened form of properties. WORD FAMILYprop: propped, propping, props USAGE EXAMPLESSome, like General Motors Co. and railroad CSX Corp., borrowed to prop up pension plans. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) A few hours in, Mills chatted with Lindsey Jacobs, his on-set dresser—the person who wrangled the furniture and the props. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Ted Turner bought the film library, which left the studio grounds and all its holdings, including props, costumes, scripts and ephemera. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling Hypo|Hyper pitprop, sprag a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine support supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation 2v support by placing against something solid or rigid 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper prop up, shore, shore up bolster prop up with a pillow or bolster hold, hold up, support, sustain be the physical support of; carry the weight of n any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie 3before every scene he ran down his checklist of props Syn|Hypo|Hyper property custard pie a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow n a propeller that rotates to push against air Syn|Hyper airplane propeller, airscrew propeller, propellor a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water |
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