prop
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 支柱，支持者，倚靠人，道具，螺旋桨
- vt.
- 支撑，维持
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 proppe “a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”
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From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
动词 Verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
- (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
- (transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
- (transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To knock (a person) down.
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Clipping of proposition.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (US politics) A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
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释义（英文）
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- (rocketry) Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
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释义（英文）
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- (gambling, informal) Clipping of proposition player.
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Clipping of propagation.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
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Clipping of testosterone propionate.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.