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prehensile「能抓住東西的;纏繞性的」的運用

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簡介拉丁語動詞 prehendere(意為“ to seize or grasp 「抓住或掌握」”)是許多英語術語(包括comprehend「理解」,apprehend「理解」和prehensile「理解」)的起源

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prehensile「能抓住東西的;纏繞性的」的運用

Word of the Day : December 15, 2020

prehensile

能抓住東西的;纏繞性的

adjective pree-HEN-sil

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Definition

1 : adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around

適於抓住的或適於纏住的,特別是包裹住的。

2 : gifted with mental grasp or moral or aesthetic perception

生來具有抓住心理的或是抓住道德的或是抓住美感上的才能。

Examples

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The seahorse has a long, tubular snout with a round, toothless mouth。 Normally they remain motionless, holding onto coral, rocks or seaweed with their prehensile tail。“ — Terry Lilley, The Garden Island (Lihue, Hawaii), 11 Oct。 2020

海馬有一個長而管狀的口鼻,嘴巴圓而沒有牙齒。通常,它們保持靜止不動,用有力的尾巴抓住珊瑚,礁石或海藻。

”All his life, Freud was … a compelling presence, a brilliant conversationalist and a munificent host…。 The art historian John Richardson was struck by his phenomenal memory for verse, from Lord Rochester to W。 H。 Auden。 Delving in the prehensile memory also speaks to serious self-awareness。“ — Alex Danchev, The Times Higher Education Supplement (London), 9 Feb。 2012

弗洛伊德一生都是……一個令人信服的存在,一個出色的對話主義者和一個慷慨的主持人……。藝術史學家約翰·理查德森(John Richardson)對他對詩句的非凡記憶力(從羅切斯特勳爵到奧登·懷登)深受感動。認真的自我意識。

Did You Know?

You may be familiar with prehensile from the animal world: monkeys have prehensile tails, elephants have prehensile trunks, giraffes have prehensile tongues, etc。 But can you comprehend where this word comes from? Can you apprehend its derivation? The Latin verb prehendere, meaning ”to seize or grasp,“ is the ancestor of a number of English terms, including comprehend, apprehend, and prehensile。 Prehensile came into English in the 18th century via French préhensile, from Latin prehensus, the past participle of prehendere。

您可能熟知 prehensile 是來自動物世界的:猴子有靈活的尾巴「prehensile tails」,大象萬能的鼻子「prehensile trunks」,長頸鹿長長的舌頭「prehensile tongues」,但是您能理解這個詞的來源嗎?你能理解它有哪些派生詞嗎?拉丁語動詞 prehendere(意為“ to seize or grasp 「抓住或掌握」”)是許多英語術語(包括comprehend「理解」,apprehend「理解」和prehensile「理解」)的起源。 Prehensile 在18世紀透過法語 préhensile 進入英語,來自 prehendere 的過去分詞拉丁prehensus。

Test Your Vocabulary

Unscramble the letters to create a word for a projecting part of an animal‘s body: DPEGAPNEA。

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