prehensile
英 [prɪ'hensaɪl]
美 [prɪ'hɛnsl]
GRE
prehensile 能抓住东西的，缠绕的来自拉丁语prehendere,抓住，握住，-s,过去分词后缀，来自pre-,在前，早于，预先，-hend,抓住，词源同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
- 猴子能缠住东西的尾巴
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Poets are those strangely prehensile men.
- 诗人是那些具有深刻洞察力的人们.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. They have prehensile lips for feeding on leaves and saplings.
- 它们都具有能卷握东西的嘴唇,可用于取食树叶和树苗.
来自辞典例句
- 4. A monkey has a prehensile tail.
- 猴子有能盘卷住东西的尾巴.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The savanna browsing black rhino has a prehensile lip for feeding on shrubs.
- 热带大草原的啮草黑犀牛有能卷握东西的嘴唇,可以用于吸食灌木的嫩枝叶.
来自辞典例句
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