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Prehensile的音标发音
Prehensile
英式发音：[prɪ'hensaɪl] or [prɪ'hɛnsl]
美式发音
(adj.) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; 'a monkey's prehensile tail' .
(adj.) having a keen intellect; 'poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men'- A.T.Quiller-Couch .
手打:谢莉
双语例句
- And his hands seemed closely prehensile. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The extremity of the tail in some American monkeys has been converted into a wonderfully perfect prehensile organ, and serves as a fifth hand. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
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