| 单词 | prehensile |
| 释义 | prehensile adjective biologyspecializeduk/prɪˈhen.saɪl/us/priːˈhen.sɪl/(ofpartsof thebody)abletoholdon to things,especiallybycurlingaround them: （肢体部位）能抓的，能握的；（尤指）能缠绕的a prehensiletail能缠绕的尾巴 Miscellaneous animal body parts
Examplesofprehensileprehensile The prominent role of the thumb duringprehensiletasks is due to its position and mobility, thereby affording the hand its dextrous ability. From theCambridge English Corpus There are several components that make upprehensilemovements. From theCambridge English Corpus These processes were and continue to be involved in constructing representations of transitiveprehensileactions, not gestural communication. From theCambridge English Corpus Servos et al. (1992) studiedprehensilemovements in healthy subjects with binocular and monocular vision. From theCambridge English Corpus Whipple traced the evolution of papillary patterns fromprehensilemammals through the lower primates and up to humans. From theCambridge English Corpus As the precision grip is most commonly employed in natural manipulation (60% of all common dexterous actions4), conventional prostheses have tended to implement thisprehensileform. From theCambridge English Corpus He may be a little acquisitive and undulyprehensile, possibly, but he is intelligent and wide awake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The pectoral fins areprehensile, helping the fish move along the sea bed. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It hasprehensilepectoral fins, helping it to move along the seabed, and giving it its four-armed appearance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The woodcock uses its longprehensilebill to probe in the soil for food, mainly invertebrates and especially earthworms. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some species of earthworm can even use theprehensileprostomium to grab and drag items such as grasses and leaves into their burrow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The species is equipped with powerfulprehensilelimbs, and poisonous fangs that function as hypodermic needles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Graboids have a trio of long, powerful, snake-like tentacles, which areprehensileand have a reach of at least ten feet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.First, prey can be captured by quickly flying out to grab it using theprehensiletarsi of the hind legs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It had powerfulprehensilefrontal appendages and large spherical eyes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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