释义 |
spider monkey Also spider-monkey. [spider n. 11 b.] One or other of the monkeys belonging to the South and Central American genus Ateles, characterized by their long spider-like limbs and prehensile tail.
1764G. Edwards Glean. Nat. Hist. iii. 222, I lately..saw..a Black Monkey something like the above-described: they called him a Spider Monkey, from his thinness and the length of his limbs and tail. 1813Bingley Anim. Biog. (ed. 4) I. 89 The Four-fingered Monkey... The legs and arms are so long that the animal has hence obtained the name of Spider Monkey. 1836Marryat Pirate iv, I always think of two spider-monkeys nursing two kittens. 1871Kingsley At Last xvii, The Spider Monkeys are instinctively gentle and fond of man. |