prehensile

英 [prɪˈhensaɪl]

美 [prɪˈhensl]

adj.  能抓住东西的; 缠绕性的

GRE医学

BNC.43664 / COCA.36087

牛津词典

adj.

• 能抓住东西的；缠绕性的
  able to hold things
  1. the monkey's prehensile tail
     猴子能缠住东西的尾巴

双语例句

• Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South and Central America.
  小型无齿食蚁兽，尾巴缠住东西，前肢有四只带爪的趾；产于热带南美和中美。
• Or to bring it a little bit closer to home, does it mean that the purpose of the prehensile thumb is for grasping?
  或者，更详细地说，它是不是意味着，能握住东西的拇指就是为了抓东西而存在的？
• Arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail.
  产于美洲热带的树栖猴，腿长而细，尾长且宜于盘卷。
• Any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having long legs and a long prehensile tail and lacking a thumb.
  几种蜘蛛猴属热带美洲猴中任一种，生有长腿及可缠绕的长尾巴，没有拇指。
• A monkey's prehensile tail.
  猴子善于抓握的尾巴。
• A prehensile thumb is not FOR grasping.
  可抓拿的拇指也不是为抓拿而存在。
• A monkey has a prehensile tail.
  猴子有能盘卷住东西的尾巴。
• The monkey's prehensile tail
  猴子那能缠住东西的尾巴
• Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.
  夜间树栖有袋动物，有能盘卷住东西的无毛的尾巴，见于从北美洲南部到南美洲北部的地区。
• Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails.
  脸上有毛的树栖猴，鼻孔分得很开，尾巴长而适于盘卷。