prehensile

pre·hen·sile

P0522200 (prē-hĕn′səl, -sīl′)adj.1. Able to seize, grasp, or hold, especially by wrapping around an object: a monkey's prehensile tail.2. Having a keen intellect or powerful memory: a prehensile mind.

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[French préhensile, from Latin prehēnsus, past participle of prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre′hen·sil′i·ty (-sĭl′ĭ-tē) n.

prehensile

(prɪˈhɛnsaɪl) adj (Zoology) adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support: a prehensile tail. Also: prehensive or prehensory [C18: from French préhensile, from Latin prehendere to grasp] prehensility n

pre•hen•sile

(prɪˈhɛn sɪl, -saɪl)

adj. 1. adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail. 2. able to perceive quickly; having keen mental grasp. 3. greedy; grasping; avaricious. [< French (coined by Buffon) < Latin prehend(ere) to seize (see prehension) + -tilis -tile] pre•hen•sil•i•ty (ˌpri hɛnˈsɪl ɪ ti) n.

pre·hen·sile

(prē-hĕn′səl) Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object. The feet of many birds and the tails of monkeys are prehensile.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	prehensile - adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"nonprehensile - not prehensile
	2.	prehensile - having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couchintelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
	3.	prehensile - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"avaricious, grabby, grasping, greedy, covetousacquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

Translations

能卷缠而抓住的适于抓住的

prehensile

(priˈhensail) adjective able to take hold of something. Most monkeys have prehensile tails. 能捲纏而抓住的，適於抓住的 能卷缠而抓住的，适于抓住的