prehensile

• adj. 適於抓握的；善於領會的

來自拉丁語prehendere,抓住，握住，-s,過去分詞後綴，來自pre-,在前，早於，預先，-hend,抓住，詞源同get.

prehensile

prehensile: see prey

prehensile (adj.)

1771, from French préhensile "adapted for grasping" (Buffon), from Latin prehensus, past participle of prehendere "to grasp, seize, get hold of," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + -hendere, from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take" (see get (v.)). Latin -hendere is related to hedera "ivy," via notion of "clinging."

1. the monkey's prehensile tail

猴子能纏住東西的尾巴

來自《權威詞典》

2. Poets are those strangely prehensile men.

詩人是那些具有深刻洞察力的人們.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. They have prehensile lips for feeding on leaves and saplings.

它們都具有能卷握東西的嘴唇,可用於取食樹葉和樹苗.

來自辭典例句

4. A monkey has a prehensile tail.

猴子有能盤卷住東西的尾巴.

來自辭典例句

5. The savanna browsing black rhino has a prehensile lip for feeding on shrubs.

熱帶大草原的齧草黑犀牛有能卷握東西的嘴唇,可以用於吸食灌木的嫩枝葉.

來自辭典例句