prehensile
/pri-hen-sil, -sahyl/US // prɪˈhɛn sɪl, -saɪl //UK // (prɪˈhɛnsaɪl) //
无柄,无柄的,无梗,无袖
Related Words
rapacious贪婪的,贪婪,贪欲,贪得无厌selfish自私的,自私,自私自利,自我hungry饥饿,饿了,饥饿的,饥肠辘辘impatient急于求成,急躁,耐心,急于求成的人eager渴望,急于求成,急于,急于求成的wishful一厢情愿,愿望,一厢情愿的,一厢情愿地penny-pinching一分钱一分货,一钱不值,一毛不拔,一钱不值的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是extorting敲诈勒索,敲诈,勒索,敲诈性avaricious贪婪的,贪婪,贪得无厌,贪财avid狂热的,狂热,狂热者,热心covetous贪婪的,贪婪,觊觎,贪婪的人demanding要求高的,要求高,苛刻的,苛刻的要求desirous欲望,希望,渴望,欲望的grasping掌握,抓取,抓住,握紧greedy贪婪的,贪婪,贪心的,贪婪的人predatory掠夺性,掠夺性的,掠夺式,掠夺式的grabby抢手的,抢手,攫取,抢答grabbing抓住,抓紧时间,抓取,抢夺acquisitive掌握的,购置性的,掌握,购置
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail.
- : able to perceive quickly; having keen mental grasp.
- : greedy; grasping; avaricious.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
When given just a few cubes, the elephant picked them up with the prehensile tip of her trunk.
When offered just a few cubes, the elephant picked them up with the prehensile tip of the trunk.
The coaita has neither pouches on the sides of his jaws, nor callosities on the posteriors: he has a very long prehensile tail.
Their tail is prehensile, naked underneath at the extremity, and very bushy over every other part.
His tail is not prehensile but flaccid, and half as long again as his head and body.
They grasped things with the strong prehensile grasp of the infant, rather than with the clutch of the miser.
The tall giraffe, with his prehensile lip, raised nearly twenty feet in the air, can browse upon these trees without difficulty.
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