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."
雙語例句
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,可用于取食樹葉和樹苗.
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.