释义 |
prop1 /prop/ noun- A rigid support
- A supplementary support
- A stay
- A strut
- A timber supporting a mine roof
- A supporter or upholder
- A leg (slang)
- A boxer's extended arm (slang)
- Either of the two forwards at the ends of the front row of the scrum (also prop forward; rugby)
- An act of propping in a horse (horse-racing, orig Aust)
transitive verb (proppˈing; propped)- To hold up by means of something placed under or against (often with up)
- To support or sustain (often with up)
- To keep (a failing enterprise, etc) going (often with up)
- To hit straight or knock down (slang)
intransitive verb (horse-racing, orig Aust)(of a horse) to stop suddenly ORIGIN: ME proppe; cf Du proppe vine-prop, support proppˈant noun (mining) A material, eg sand, used to keep open fissures in an oil-bearing sediment (see also fracking) prop forward see n above. propˈ-root noun A root growing down from a trunk or branch, serving to prop up a tree |