16. The term may also denote the limb or the locomotive or prehensile organ of an invertebrate (e. g. , the ray of a starfish or the tentacle of an octopus).
arm一词亦指无脊椎动物的附肢或运动器官,如海星的腕、章鱼的触手和腕足纲动物的腕足。
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17. Now in the case of language, we have to suppose as a matter of fact that language, as it were, appeared among us in the same way that the prehensile thumb did.
现在拿语言来说,我们必须假设,实际上,语言本身,就像能握住东西的拇指一样出现在我们身边。
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18. They anchor themselves with their prehensile tails to sea grasses and corals, using their elongated snouts to suck in plankton and small crustaceans that drift by.
它们靠卷尾在海草或珊瑚上来固定自身,用细长的吻部吸入浮游生物和漂游的小甲虫类。
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19. In fact, his lips appear to have an almost prehensile quality, as if they were an extra pair of hands, reaching out from his face to manipulate the world around him.
事实上,他的嘴唇似乎可以缠绕起来,就像是脸上长出的两只手,操纵着周围的世界。
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20. It is said that when the good burghers of Amsterdam were first presented with a rhinoceros-armoured, horned, three-toed, with a prehensile lip-spectators shook their heads in disbelief.
21. It is said that when the good burghers of Amsterdam were first presented with a rhinoceros-armoured, horned, three-toed, with a prehensile lip-spectators shook their heads in disbelief.