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prehensile

adj.适于抓住的

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名词:prehensility

词根

pris,prehend=to seize(捉;握取)

prehensile


/,pri:'hensaɪl; [US] -sl; prɪ`hɛnsl/
adj (of an animal's foot or tail) able to grasp and hold things (指动物的足或尾)能抓物的, 能缠绕东西的
*the monkey's prehensile tail 猴子那能缠住东西的尾巴
* the prehensile claws of an eagle 老鹰那能抓住东西的爪.

prehensile


adj technical
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French;Origin: préhensile, from Latin prehendere 'to seize']
a prehensile tail, foot etc can curl around things and hold on to them