prop
美[prɑ:p] vt.支撑，支持，维持；使倚靠在某物上
网络支柱；支杆；支撑物；支器
1 . The prop shaft vibrated like mad and shook the exhaust mounting loose.
支撑杆疯狂地震动，将排气管都震松了。
来自柯林斯例句
2 . If you have difficulty sitting like this, prop up your back against a wall.
如果这么坐着有困难，就背靠墙坐吧。
来自柯林斯例句
3 . A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.
一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4 . Punctuation, then, is a civic prop, a pillar that holds society upright.
如此说来, 标点乃是百姓的支柱, 是支撑社会不至于垮掉的栋梁.
来自名作英译部分
5 . The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.
政府无意扶持不景气的企业.
来自辞典例句
1.a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
2.any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie;
before every scene he ran down his checklist of props
3.a propeller that rotates to push against air
1.support by placing against something solid or rigid;
shore and buttress an old building