adj. 1.【动物；动物学】(足、尾等)适于抓拿的，适于缠卷的，(有)捕握(力)的。 2.善于领悟的，有洞察力的。 短语和例子 a prehensile arm (头足类的)捉脚。 the prehensile tail of a monkey 猿猴的卷尾。 prehensile poets 有特殊洞察力的诗人们。
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey''s prehensile tail"
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" 同义词：avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy,
having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
例句与用法
1.
They have prehensile lips for feeding on leaves and saplings . 它们都具有能卷握东西的嘴唇，可用于取食树叶和树苗。
2.
The savanna browsing black rhino has a prehensile lip for feeding on shrubs . 热带大草原的啮草黑犀牛有能卷握东西的嘴唇，可以用于吸食灌木的嫩枝叶。
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