| 单词 | prop |
| 释义 | prop I. 1. a. b. c. d. props plural e. 2. < his son was his chief prop in old age > < this side of religion which has … become the prop of advanced cultures and complex societies — W.W.Howells > < a government prop keeping wheat from falling below a set level > < knocks the props from under some critical theories — B.R.Redman > 3. II. transitive verb 1. a. < sat with his chin propped in his hands > < frame houses, some propped on stilts — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > — often used with up < lay with his head propped up on a pillow > b. < prop a ladder against a wall > < photographs on the mantel, propped up amid a clutter of china ornaments — Hamilton Basso > 2. < emphasis on propping economic structures abroad, rather than unduly expanding military power — Biddle Survey > < to prop up my morale … a top designer had done over my office — Gary Cooper > intransitive verb Australia & Africa, of a draft animal, especially a horse Synonyms: see support III. IV. 1. 2. < all the props of an espionage case are there — foreign agents, household traitors, stolen documents — J.P.Marquand > < camels, which they hire to visitors as props for exotic snapshots — Mollie Panter-Downes > V. VI. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. |
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