opposable

基本解释

• adj.可相对的；可对抗的；与其他手指相对的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Apes and monkeys also have opposable thumbs on their feet that help their dexterity.
  类人猿和猴子脚部也有增加其灵敏性的对生拇指。
• They are the only mammals on the earth, with such obvious similarities as hands (with opposable thumbs), brain function, and facial expressions.
  他们是世界上唯一的与人类如此相似的哺乳动物，比如手（相反的拇指），大脑功能和面部表情。
• Contrary to popular misconceptions, humans are not the only animals to possess opposable thumbs -- most primates do. (Unlike the rest of the great apes, we don't have opposable big toes on our feet.)
  和目前普遍流传的讹传形成鲜明对比的是，人类拇指并不是唯一可灵活伸屈的，大部分灵长类动物都有（而和其他大型猿类不同，人类脚趾灵活性甚至还不如他们）。

权威例句

• Second, it features opposable thumbs, which enables it to be used for right and left hand applications.
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• The handicraft is what separates the couture from ready-to-wear, the way opposable thumbs separate us from our less-evolved cousins.
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词组短语

短语

• OPPOSABLE MIND 兼听则明;对立性大脑
• Opposable Games 开发公司
• Opposable thumb 对生拇指
• Opposable Thumbs 对生拇指
• opposable e 可相对的

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• Opposable thumbs are thumbs that can be put opposite the fingers of the same hand, so that objects can be picked up and held.

柯林斯英英字典

• capable of being opposed