verb🔗Share支撑，支持。 (sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something."Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing."试试用电话簿垫一下缺腿的桌子。structurebuildingactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share争球前排位置，打前锋 To play rugby in the prop position"The strong, experienced rugby player was chosen to prop during the school's annual match. "在学校的年度比赛中，那位强壮且经验丰富的橄榄球运动员被选中打前锋。sportpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share抬起, 支起 (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."She was propping her feet up on a pillow while reading in bed. "她躺在床上看书，把脚抬起来垫在枕头上。bodyactionpositionphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share手摇启动，手摇螺旋桨启动。 To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition."Before the flight, the pilot was carefully propping the old biplane's engine to get it started. "起飞前，飞行员正小心地手摇启动老式双翼飞机的引擎。vehiclemachinetechnologytechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share支撑, 支撐物. The act by which something is propped."The leaning fence needed immediate attention, but a temporary propping with wooden planks kept it from falling completely. "那倾斜的栅栏需要立即处理，但用木板进行的临时支撑使其不至于完全倒塌。actionstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
