prop

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prop1 /prɒp $ prɑːp/ verb (propped, propping) [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]

1 PUTto support something by leaning it against something, or by putting something else under, next to, or behind it 把…靠在…上；支住，支撑

prop something against/on something

He propped his bike against a tree.

他把自行车靠在一棵树上。

Can we prop the window open with something?

我们能不能用什么东西撑住窗户让它开着？

2 prop something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v

a) SUPPORT/HOLD UPto prevent something from falling by putting something against it or under it 支撑，撑住〔某物〕

The builders are trying to prop up the crumbling walls of the church.

建筑工人正在设法把快要倒塌的教堂墙壁撑住。

against

paintings propped up against the wall

倚墙放的画

b) HELPto help an economy, industry, or government so that it can continue to exist, especially by giving money 〔尤指通过提供资金〕支持，维持〔某经济体、工业或政府〕

The government introduced measures to prop up the stock market.

政府推出措施来扶持股市。

c) prop yourself upSUPPORT/HOLD UP to hold your body up by leaning against something 靠着〔某物〕站直[坐直]，撑着站起[坐起]，撑起身体

prop yourself up on/against/with

She propped herself up on one elbow.

她用一边胳膊肘撑起身子。

Examples from the Corpus

prop up• We will secretly prop it up.• Hicks propped him up against the bathroom door and let him talk.• Just as they propped David up against the side of the display counter, the manager strode self-importantly along the aisle.• He propped Freddie up against the wall, and poured some straight gin from the bottle down his throat.• Philip picked up his bike, propping it up against the wall so it half slipped again.• Brian propped himself up on his elbows, suddenly remembering that the alarm had gone off.• He props himself up on one elbow.• One table-leg was too short, but she propped it up with a bit of broken dish.

prop against• I managed to heave Charlie into the main bar and prop him up against a wall.• Hicks propped him up against the bathroom door and let him talk.• Just as they propped David up against the side of the display counter, the manager strode self-importantly along the aisle.• He propped Freddie up against the wall, and poured some straight gin from the bottle down his throat.

prop on/against/with• She stretched and propped herself up on an elbow, aware that something was not quite right.• Brian propped himself up on his elbows, suddenly remembering that the alarm had gone off.• Hefinished the last rep and propped himself up on his elbows.• I could see Peter shaking his head in the fairway, as he propped himself up on his sand wedge.• Harry propped himself up on one elbow and pulled open the top drawer of the bedside cabinet.• Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow, watching.• He props himself up on one elbow.

Examples from the Corpus

prop• An old guitar lay propped against a wall.• As soon as the infant Arthur was old enough to be propped against the proscenium arch, he was included in the turn.• Nurse Bells had propped him upright and he looked alert and interested.• He propped his bicycle against the fence and ran inside.• Anushkia Smyslov had bandaged Alex Bannen's head, and the physicist was propped in a sitting position against a workstation.• She remembered him propped up by the nurses, waving his little hands about.• The President was propped up in bed.• They prop up prices for growers by controlling production rather than through federal subsidies.• Duncan had left Myeloski propping up the bar, drinking his customary vodka and Budweiser chaser.• They are trying to prop up the tumbling stockmarket by cutting the supply of new issues.

prop ... open• Empty the fridge, wipe it out, collect up thawed water from its freezer section and leave the door propped open.• Fetch some universal brake-fluid and a five-eighths screwdriver from your toolkit then prop the bonnet open.• One elbow was on the counter, and his head was propped in his open hand.• It also was the best thing at hand to prop open the heavy outer door of his building.• When I got down to the close, however, I discovered the bottom door propped wide open to facilitate a flitting.• They crossed the jetty to a large wooden door, which had been propped open with a three-legged stool.• Several doors had been propped open with garbage cans, and footage from the security cameras was missing.

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