pre·hen·sile /priˈhɛn(t)səl, ˈhɛnˌsaɪl/
(a.)適于抓住的
Pre·hen·sile a. Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
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prehensile
adj 1: adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an
object; "a monkey's prehensile tail" [ant: nonprehensile]
2: having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely
prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
3: 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" [syn: avaricious,
covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy]