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prehensile

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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prehensile \Pre*hen"sile\, a. [L. prehensus, p. p. of prehendere
   to lay hold of, seize; pre- (equiv. to prae before) + hendere
   (in comp.), akin to E. get: cf. F. pr['e]hensile. See {Get},
   and cf. {Prison}, {Prize}, n.]
   Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the
   prehensile tail of a monkey.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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}]
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