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."
双语例句
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.