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propel 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/prəˈpel/,
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propelling, present participle; propelled, past tense; propels, 3rd person singular present; propelled, past participle;
  1. Drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction, typically forward
    • - the boat is propelled by using a very long paddle
    • - a rocket-propelled grenade launcher
  2. Spur or drive into a particular situation
    • - fear propelled her out of her stillness
  1. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
  2. motivate: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  3. (propelling) propellant: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"
  4. Propel is a free, open-source (MIT) object-relational mapping toolkit written in PHP. It is also an integral part of the PHP framework Symfony and was the default ORM up to, and including version 1.2.
  5. To cause to move in a certain direction; To make to arrive to a certain situation or result
  6. (propelling) pencil mechanism that advances the lead, but does not retract it
  7. (PROPELS (PROtected Performance Equity Linked Securities)) PROPELS are principal-protected, medium-term notes linked to an underlying index. This structure is not designed to pay interest. ...
  8. making a wheelchair move. It can be by "hand," as in manual propulsion, or by motor.
  9. means to push something or help something move forward. What’s the word?