prop

prop

英 [prɒp]
　　美 [prɑp]

vt. 支撐；維持
　　n. 支柱；支持者

中文詞源：

prop 支撐

來自中古荷蘭語proppe,葡萄藤蔓支撐架，支撐，詞源不詳。可能來自拉丁語propago,放置，固定，來自pro-,向前，-pag,固定，詞源同page,compact.

例句：

1. The prop shaft vibrated like mad and shook the exhaust mounting loose.
支撐桿瘋狂地震動，將排氣管都震松瞭。

2. If you have difficulty sitting like this, prop up your back against a wall.
如果這麼坐著有困難，就背靠墻坐吧。

3. A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.
一名工人用東西支撐住隧道壁好使它不會倒塌.

4. Punctuation, then, is a civic prop , a pillar that holds society upright.
如此說來, 標點乃是百姓的支柱, 是支撐社會不至於垮掉的棟梁.

5. The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.
政府無意扶持不景氣的企業.