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单词 prop
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prop
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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 FAMILY
prop: propped, propping, props
USAGE EXAMPLES
Some, 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)
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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
Syn|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
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n any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
before 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
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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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