| 单词 | opposable |
| 例句 | We have five fingers, including one opposable thumb. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like something beavers might have erected if they had opposable thumbs and lots of upper body strength. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “The only reason Strait ain’t classified as an ape is ’cause he has an opposable thumb. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The dolphins glare at me tonight, and although a lack of opposable thumbs makes swordplay unlikely, I find them far more threatening than usual. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Give me a solution for this, then: motel rooms have doors. We don’t have opposable thumbs. We have paws. We can’t grasp and turn a doorknob.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It's difficult having only two opposable thumbs, eh? Songs with telephones, teeth and Tiesto 2010-03-17T16:24:00Z My dog Duncan — if he had opposable thumbs and the ability to concentrate longer than 17 seconds. James Rollins: By the Book 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The researchers wondered whether this trait might be an evolutionary adaptation for holding tools, akin to people's opposable thumbs. Endangered Hawaiian crow shows a knack for tool use 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s arguable that cats don’t really give us a thought beyond the next meal or as the being with opposable thumbs who can open the door. A Dog’s Purpose? To Speak on Film, So to Speak 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In fact, it is what makes us human — that and opposable thumbs. Notes from a trailing spouse: Drunk in Ireland and fearing for fabulists everywhere 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z That’s one of the top three things that define us humans, along with having opposable thumbs and a large cerebral cortex. Simple ways to 'hide the crazy' when writing your online dating profile 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z “What really distinguishes us from apes is not the opposable thumb but the ability to hold in mind opposing ideas,” you write, “a distinction we should probably try to preserve.” Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z We're even told at one point that Galen "used his opposable thumbs" to grip an axe, as if to clear up any ambiguity over whether the protagonist possesses hooves. Dirt by David Vann - review 2012-06-22T21:55:03Z It's hard to falsify, especially since – unlike opposable thumbs – breasts leave no fossil record. Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams – review 2012-07-13T07:00:00Z Even as the happy and highly evolved possessor of functional opposable thumbs, I tend to see their point. Zookeeper is a strange animal - a kids' movie for none of the family 2011-07-22T23:06:00Z You hardly need opposable thumbs to grasp that children’s musical theater is bananas. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Navigating between digital technology and laborious handcraft, Ms. King pursues the elusive spark of animation, the moment when a wooden hand waves gently and tentatively moves its wonderfully opposable thumb. Berkshire Tour: Formalism Relaxes, Handcraft Goes Digital 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z We are losing our sense of smell, as well as other sensibilities, as we text and tweet with our less and less opposable thumbs in cyberspace. Animal Doctor: More on the possible aromatherapy benefits of dogs 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Davy’s social media manager — presumably someone with aligned values and opposable thumbs — reacted to several news items during the season. Why Kraken team dog Davy Jones stepped back from the spotlight 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Similarly a 2021 study in the scientific journal "Current Biology" transformed our understanding of pterosaurs by revealing the existence of a so-called "monkeydactyl" — a pterosaur with the equivalent of opposable thumbs. The oldest pterosaur ever was just discovered; it's 107 million years old 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Since the palm of the second hand now faced inward, monkeys that possess opposable thumbs tended to assume the treat was being clutched in that second hand where they could no longer see it. Monkeys without opposable thumbs aren't fooled by magic tricks, study finds 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Without a key or opposable thumbs, she needed someone to let her in. A dog was lost for 36 hours. Then it rang an animal shelter’s doorbell. 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Sprouting from your palm are four fingers and an opposable thumb. How do ants crawl on walls? 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Why do humans possess traits, such as opposable thumbs, that are unique to primates but not other mammals? Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In addition to its implications for the evolution of other animals with opposable thumbs, the discovery also confirmed that pterosaurs lived in trees. The oldest pterosaur ever was just discovered; it's 107 million years old 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Intriguingly, marmosets are also the only tested monkeys that lack opposable thumbs. Monkeys without opposable thumbs aren't fooled by magic tricks, study finds 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The large range of upper limb movements, coupled with the ability to easily manipulate objects with our hands and opposable thumbs, has allowed humans to construct the modern world in which we live. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Last year paleontologists discovered a miniature pterosaur that had opposable thumbs, similar to humans and other primates. Pterosaurs had brightly colored feathers like toucans, according to a new study 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Population ecology includes the study of adaptations that enable individuals to live in specific habitats, such as a study of the use of opposable thumbs. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z These early hominids had already developed the opposable thumb. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for marmosets, of course: They do not have opposable thumbs, so their eyes never left the first hand. Monkeys without opposable thumbs aren't fooled by magic tricks, study finds 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z This movement of the first carpometacarpal joint is what gives humans their distinctive “opposable” thumbs. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Hands, with their conveniently placed opposable thumbs, allowed humanity’s biological ancestors to better grasp surfaces, manipulate objects and wield tools. By scanning her own hands, Barbara T. Smith presents an ode to the aging female body 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Community ecology includes the study of adaptations that enable individuals to live in specific habitats, such as a study of the use of opposable thumbs. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The opposable thumb was crucial for tasks such as picking up small objects and making tools. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Pêgas noted that opposable thumbs are "extremely rare outside of mammals." Pterosaurs with thumbs? Scientists say yes, a "monkeydactyl" once existed 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Its powerful arms are longer than its legs and its opposable big toes help it grip branches. After Bars and Beaches, Gibbons Await a New Home in Thailand 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z They use their enlarged wrist bones that function as opposable thumbs. 10 different kinds of bear: Everything you need to know about the huge mammals 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Organismal ecology includes the study of adaptations that enable individuals to live in specific habitats, such as a study of the use of opposable thumbs. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Give or take the opposable thumbs, we’re all just dogs hiding under duvets and thinking no one can see us. Cheese and quizzes: my simple secrets for the perfect dinner party 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z There is something powerfully familiar about her wrinkled knuckles, opposable thumbs, and the intent gaze of her deep-set black eyes. Got gorilla milk? Inside America’s largest stockpile of exotic milks 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z And it's more impressive because the builders had no printed plans, heavy equipment or opposable thumbs. Beavers Made America Great, a New Book Explains 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Why didn’t it fall away with our tails or get traded for opposable thumbs? Why Everyone Is Insecure (and Why That's Okay) 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Organismal ecology includes studies of the adaptations that enable individuals to live in specific habitats, such as a study of the use of opposable thumbs. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Paddles, Ms Ardern's special kitty that claims to have opposable thumbs, made her Twitter debut on 21 October, with the account @FirstCatofNZ. New Zealand's 'first cat' and other political pets 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z His 21 movable parts and opposable thumb, designed to grip a bazooka, made him considerably more appealing than tin soldiers of yore. Stanley Weston, a creator of the original G.I. Joe action figure, dies at 84 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Hands are a human trait; we’re defined by our opposable thumbs. Look Again: The day’s most compelling images from around the globe 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Ward noted that Lucy, like modern humans, lacks an opposable big toe that lets other apes grasp tree branches with their feet — an important tool for true climbers. New evidence that Lucy, our most famous ancestor, had superstrong arms 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Who is the consumer — or at least the one with the wallet and the opposable thumbs — in this exercise of end-stage capitalism? The Seattle Barkery is a food truck for dogs (yes, really!) 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Polydactyl cats have more than the normal number of claws - which makes them look like they have opposable thumbs. New Zealand's 'first cat' and other political pets 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z A post-2010 World Cup article on the conservative American Enterprise Institute website laments the fact that soccer does not allow players to use their opposable thumbs and claims that the game is “collectivist.” Copa América comes to the US – but the home fans go home disappointed 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The Climb uses the Rift’s forthcoming Oculus Touch, a pair of bracelet-sized controllers you hold, one in each hand, to simulate that signature primate feature: opposable thumbs. 10 Incredible Experiences I Had Playing the Final Oculus Rift 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Rather, she’s the only one with opposable thumbs in her household. Happy (nearly) 2016: Time for resolutions big and small 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z I blame it on a lack of opposable thumbs. The Verge Review of Animals: the African penguin 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z That usually can’t happen for a pup unless there’s a human with opposable thumbs nearby to grab a hose and fill up the pool. This Dog Knows How to Do Summer 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z They cultivate what Roger Martin called the opposable mind — the ability to hold two opposing ideas at the same time. Fostering a creative climate 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z If our opposable thumbs separate us from other animals, then design separates the poets from all others. Massimo Vignelli: A Master in the Grammar of Design 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z At the very least, though, the new research suggests that opposable thumbs are not a prerequisite for hand-wringing. Even Fruit Flies Need a Moment to Think It Over 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The rats might be clever and resilient, I thought, but I had physics books and duct tape and opposable thumbs. Schrodinger’s Rats and The Search for Ultimate Reality [Excerpt] 2014-01-31T15:00:00Z However, if you want something equally well-designed and high-powered, but in a smaller frame that will leave your opposable digit safely in its socket, you still have no choice but to buy an iPhone. We Almost Had The Perfect Android Phone, But A Miss Is As Good As A Mile 2013-07-19T16:20:00Z He has difficulty grasping silverware, his opposable thumbs are at a serious deficit … so he has to be fed. Tomas Young's parting protest: a dying disabled vet condemns the Iraq war 2013-03-21T14:58:22Z I presume you mean doors with old fashioned doorknobs are beyond the skills of those without opposable thumbs, but even in this you are wrong. The Fiver 2012-11-13T16:44:25Z Police took the trouble to lock them up despite the fact all six presumably lacked the opposable thumbs necessary to open a door anyway. The Fiver 2012-11-12T16:23:33Z But the monito is not a monkey, it is a possum-like marsupial with opposable thumbs and so, where there were no monkeys, it seemed close enough to be called the little monkey, a monito. Occam s Razor, Flying Monkeys and Musings on Lager Beer 2012-04-26T17:15:00.443Z Their feet, mostly, told the tale: The divergent, opposable big toe, long digits and other bones of the newfound species did not match the feet of afarensis. African Foot Fossil Indicates Another Hominin Species Lived With Lucy 2012-03-28T17:05:36Z But beyond intelligence and opposable thumbs, how did humans develop culture in such myriad, complex ways, when other brainy, dexterous species did not? Sharing the Wealth (of Knowledge): Cumulative Cultural Development May Be Exclusively Human 2012-03-14T14:15:00.453Z It's possible you were just using 'without opposable thumbs' as a synonym for stupid, of course. The Fiver 2012-11-13T16:44:25Z But in addition, pandas have a somewhat opposable digit low on the inside edge of the paw that helps them grasp bamboo. Elephants Have a Sixth 'Toe' 2011-12-21T19:02:00Z Their thumbs were not opposable to the fingers as men’s are; their necks were so poised that they could not turn back their heads and look up to the sky. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Their bills are also exceptional, “more like a human opposable thumb than the standard corvid beak,” said Dr. Gray. Basics: Nourishing Nests Lift These Birds to a Higher Perch 2011-01-31T19:28:48Z Dollar is also looking at a new configuration with an opposable thumb. Cockroach Inspires Robotic Hand to Get a Grip 2011-01-10T16:48:00Z It turns out that opposable thumbs aren't critical for getting a good grip. Robotic hand might become a valuable gripper even though it has no fingers 2010-11-01T21:15:00Z The things you hear about men make them sound so profoundly primitive, you wonder how they hit the space bar without an opposable thumb. What do women get up to online? 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z That makes him look extremely opposable at odds-on. Talking Horse: Daily horse racing blog 2010-05-15T10:16:00Z The walking gait already present in phyllomedusines provided a source for further modification, which resulted in the development of opposable digits and the associated lemuroid manner of climbing. The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura Hylidae) The foot resembles that of the other lemurs in its large opposable great toe with a flat nail; but all the other toes have pointed compressed claws. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Their nails, also, except those of the hind-thumbs, are long and claw-shaped; and the thumbs of the fore extremities, or hands, are not opposable to the other fingers. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Intelligent nonhumans would have to have hands, and with some equivalent of opposable thumbs, if their intelligence was to be of any use to them. A Matter of Importance Chela: the terminal portion of a limb bearing a lateral movable claw like that of a crab; specifically applied to the feet in some Parasitica in which the opposable claw forms a clasping structure. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology A more reasonable hypothesis is that the evolution of opposable digits took place in a phyletic line that had as its ancestral stock a frog with generalized hands and feet. The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura Hylidae) Apes make little use of their separate fingers and opposable thumbs. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays What would man's power be as a tool-using animal without his strong, opposable thumb? The Last Harvest The opossum's hind foot has a genuine opposable thumb; and he also uses his tail in climbing as a supernumerary hand, almost as much as do any of the monkeys. Science in Arcady What a comedy that man should work so hard to prove that his chief glory is his opposable thumb, or a few ounces of brain matter! The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 The thumb is proportionately larger in man, and more perfectly opposable than in that of any ape. Darwinism (1889) The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O I was right in conjecturing that the creature had no opposable thumb; but a little ingenuity had compensated this so far as regarded the power of carrying. Across the Zodiac Intelligence, en route to the conquest of the world, made use of that marvelous instrument, the human hand, which in its opposable thumb and little finger sharply separates man from the rest of creation. The Foundations of Personality |
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