Or to bring it a little bit closer to home, does it mean that the purpose of the prehensile thumb is for grasping?
或者，更详细地说，它是不是意味着,能握住东西的拇指就是为了抓东西而存在的？
Now in the case of language, we have to suppose as a matter of fact that language, as it were, appeared among us in the same way that the prehensile thumb did.
现在拿语言来说，我们必须假设，实际上，语言本身，就像能握住东西的拇指一样出现在我们身边。
A monkey has a prehensile tail.
猴子有能盘卷住东西的尾巴。
猴子善于抓握的尾巴。
HARRISON FORD may be 65, but he still wields a prehensile bullwhip with aplomb and his punches sound as though they might fell an elephant.
年近六十五岁的哈里森·福特，依旧沉着挥舞着他那收放自如的长鞭，声声鞭鸣置地有声，力量十足仿佛可以将大象击倒在地。
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。
Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
亚洲树栖的灵猫，有易于缠绕的长尾巴和粗浓的黑毛。
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。
Long and slightly prehensile, but more like the tail of a panther than a monkey.
尾巴是细长而且可缠绕的，但比起猴子那更像是猎豹的尾巴。
They might even have hands, but then again why not a prehensile tail or a trunk instead?
它们可能有手，但为何不是可以卷曲的尾巴或鼻子呢？
Monkey's prehensile tails allow them to cling to trees in seemingly impossible position.
猴子适合抓握的尾巴，使他们能以看起来不可能的姿势攀附着树木。
Any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having long legs and a long prehensile tail and lacking a thumb.
几种蜘蛛猴属热带美洲猴中任一种，生有长腿及可缠绕的长尾巴，没有拇指。
The term may also denote the limb or the locomotive or prehensile organ of an invertebrate (e. g. , the ray of a starfish or the tentacle of an octopus).
arm一词亦指无脊椎动物的附肢或运动器官，如海星的腕、章鱼的触手和腕足纲动物的腕足。
The term may also denote the limb or the locomotive or prehensile organ of an invertebrate (e. g. , the ray of a starfish or the tentacle of an octopus).
arm一词亦指无脊椎动物的附肢或运动器官，如海星的腕、章鱼的触手和腕足纲动物的腕足。
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