n.[C]

1. 支柱；支撑物
2. 支持者；后盾；靠山

vt.[O]

1. 支撑[（+up）]
   Prop the door open with a brick.

   用砖块撑门使其开着。

2. 支持，维持[（+up）]
3. 架，搁
   He propped the ladder against the wall.

   他支起了梯子，把它靠在墙上。

n.

1. 【口】道具（= property）[C][P1]
   The sets, props and costumes were all ready.

   布景、道具和服装都已准备齐全。

n.

1. 【口】螺旋桨；推进器（= propeller）[C]
   a two-prop plane

   一架双螺旋桨飞机

n.

1. a pole or beam used as a temporary support.
2. a major source of support or assistance.
3. (also prop forward) Rugby  a forward at either end of the front row of a scrum.
4. chiefly Austral. a sudden stop made by a horse moving at speed.

v.

1. support with or as with a prop.
   ▸lean against something else.
2. (prop someone/thing up) support or assist someone or something that would otherwise fail or decline.
3. chiefly Austral. (of a horse) come to a dead stop with the forelegs rigid.

n.

1. a portable object used on the set of a play or film.
2. (props) [treated as sing.] informal, dated a property man or mistress.

n.