They might even have hands, but then again why not a prehensile tail or a trunk instead?(它們可能有手，但為何不是可以卷曲的尾巴或鼻子呢？)

They have prehensile lips for feeding on leaves and saplings.(它們都具有能卷握東西的嘴唇，可用于取食樹葉和樹苗。)

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.(年近六十五歲的哈里森·福特，依舊沉著揮舞著他那收放自如的長(zhǎng)鞭，聲聲鞭鳴置地有聲，力量十足仿佛可以將大象擊倒在地。)

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.(現(xiàn)在拿語(yǔ)言來(lái)說(shuō)，我們必須假設(shè)，實(shí)際上，語(yǔ)言本身，就像能握住東西的拇指一樣出現(xiàn)在我們身邊。)

It is said that when the good burghers of Amsterdam were first presented with a rhinoceros-armoured, horned, three-toed, with a prehensile lip-spectators shook their heads in disbelief.(據(jù)說(shuō)，當(dāng)善良的阿姆斯特丹市民第一次看到犀牛的時(shí)候——皮厚如甲、頭上長(zhǎng)角、三個(gè)腳趾，還有它那能卷握東西的嘴唇——都搖頭不信。)

Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.(亞洲樹棲的靈貓，有易于纏繞的長(zhǎng)尾巴和粗濃的黑毛。)

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一詞亦指無(wú)脊椎動(dòng)物的附肢或運(yùn)動(dòng)器官，如海星的腕、章魚的觸手和腕足綱動(dòng)物的腕足。)

The savanna browsing black rhino has a prehensile lip for feeding on shrubs.(熱帶大草原的嚙草黑犀牛有能卷握東西的嘴唇，可以用于吸食灌木的嫩枝葉。)

In fact, his lips appear to have an almost prehensile quality, as if they were an extra pair of hands, reaching out from his face to manipulate the world around him.(事實(shí)上，他的嘴唇似乎可以纏繞起來(lái)，就像是臉上長(zhǎng)出的兩只手，操縱著周圍的世界。)

Long and slightly prehensile, but more like the tail of a panther than a monkey.(尾巴是細(xì)長(zhǎng)而且可纏繞的，但比起猴子那更像是獵豹的尾巴。)