prehensile

英 [prɪˈhen.saɪl] 美 [priːˈhen.sɪl]
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  • adj. 适于抓握的;善于领会的
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词族 · prehensile

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中文词源

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.

英语词源

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."

权威例句

1. the monkey's prehensile tail
猴子能缠住东西的尾巴
2. Poets are those strangely prehensile men.
诗人是那些具有深刻洞察力的人们.
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.
4. A monkey has a prehensile tail.
猴子有能盘卷住东西的尾巴.
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.

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