feeler

英 [ˈfiːlə(r)]

美 [ˈfiːlər]

n.  (某些昆虫和贝壳动物的)触角，触须

复数：feelers　过去式：feelered　

TEM8

BNC.33615 / COCA.24142

习惯用语

n.

put out feelers
• 试探
  to try to find out what people think about a particular course of action before you do it

牛津词典

noun

• （某些昆虫和贝壳动物的）触角，触须
  either of the two long thin parts on the heads of some insects and of some animals that live in shells that they use to feel and touch things with

柯林斯词典

• (昆虫的)触角，触须
  An insect'sfeelersare the two thin stalks on its head with which it touches and senses things around it.
• N-PLURAL 试探手段
  If youput out feelers, you make careful, quiet contacts with people in order to get information from them, or to find out what their reaction will be to a suggestion.
  1. When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities.
     有空缺职位的时候，办事处就到各个大学去打探。

英英释义

noun

• one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans
  Synonym:antenna
• slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
  Synonym:barbel
• sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
  1. he had a special antenna for public relations
  Synonym:antenna
• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
  1. she rejected his advances
  Synonym:overtureadvanceapproach

双语例句

• As a feeler he added," probably had more interesting things to look at. "
  试探着他又加了句，“是不是去了更有趣的地方？”
• Analysis and demonstration the feasibility of digital weft feeler, given some solutions of the technical difficulties.
  对探纬系统的数字化可行性进行分析论证，对一些技术难点给出了解决方案。
• Cowboy novelists, as thinker and feeler of the time, reflected the history of American social development with their pens.
  美国牛仔小说根植于广袤的美国西部大地，积淀着美国社会发展中深厚的生活、文化和历史底蕴。
• Be able to use measure instrument, such as caliper, feeler gage, micrometer and so on.
  熟悉使用常用计量器具，如卡尺，塞尺，千分尺等。
• Feeler gauge used for measuring.
  测量用测隙规。
• I got a feeler from Hello america.
  我从“你好美国”得到一些机会。
• That's the male, inserting sperm into the female, using its feeler called a palp.
  那就是雄性用他叫做触须的触角把精子射入到雌性体内。
• When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities.
  有空缺职位的时候，办事处就到各个大学去打探。
• The typical features of Termites are grayish white, no wings, soft body with mouth and short feeler.
  典型的白蚁特徵是灰白色、无翅、体柔软，有咀嚼式口器以及短触角。
• The feeler material must be harder than the material that is checked ( hardened pins).
  测隙片的材料必须比被检查的材料更坚硬（被硬化的针）。