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1. Oxford Dictionary

   prop

   • IPA[prɒp]

   英式

   • n.
     a pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position；a person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance
   • v.
     support or keep in position；lean (something) against something else

   • verb: prop, 3rd person present: props, gerund or present participle: propping, past tense: propped, past participle: propped

   • noun: prop, plural noun: props

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position he looked around for a prop to pin the door open 同義詞 pole, post, beam, support, upright, ... 更多brace, buttress, stay, shaft, strut, stanchion, shore, pier, vertical, pillar, pile, piling, bolster, truss, column, rod, stick, point d'appui, sprag
   • ▪ a person or thing that is a major source of support or assistance he found himself becoming the emotional prop of the marriage 同義詞 mainstay, pillar, anchor, rock, backbone, ... 更多support, cornerstone, supporter, upholder, sustainer
   • ▪ a word used to fill a syntactic role without any specific meaning of its own, for example it in it is raining.
   • 2. a forward at either end of the front row of a scrum.
   • 3. Australian a sudden stop made by a horse moving at speed.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. support or keep in position she propped her chin in the palm of her right hand 同義詞 hold up, shore up, bolster up, buttress, support, ... 更多brace, underpin, reinforce, strengthen, archaicunderprop
   • ▪ lean (something) against something else a jug of milk with a note propped against it 同義詞 lean, rest, set, stand, position, ... 更多place, lay, balance, steady
   • ▪ use an object to keep (something) in position I propped the door with my foot the gate was propped open
   • 2. Australian (of a horse) come to a dead stop with the forelegs rigid.

   片語

   • prop up the bar
   • prop up