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feelers

英 [ˈfiːləz]

美 [ˈfilərz]

n.  (某些昆虫和贝壳动物的)触角,触须
feeler的复数

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.
    1. 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。

    双语例句

    • Their government is putting out feelers through a neutral delegation; they are clearly anxious for a rapprochement.
      他们的政府通过一中立代表试探;很明显他们很想复交。
    • "She has no feelers," said another.
      “她连触须都没有!”另一个说。
    • He sent out a few cautious feelers and received some contradictory answers.
      他作过几次谨慎的试探,得到的答复前后不一。
    • But he'd rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm.
      但他烧着我的角,眼看着我被烧死。
    • Ferguson was concerned by a potential lack of attacking personnel even before solskjaer's announcement yesterday, having put out feelers last week through a handful of trusted agents, with Dimitar berbatov, of Tottenham hotspur, his principal target.
      弗格森爵士在索尔斯克亚退役之前就担心攻击手的缺乏,上周通过一个靠得住的经纪人试探了热刺前锋贝尔巴托夫。
    • The whiskers act as feelers or antennas, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any narrow passage.
      胡须起了触角的作用,使猫能判断任何狭窄通道的确切宽度。
    • The snail drew in its feelers. He took/ played the part of Hamlet.
      蜗牛把触角缩了回去。他去哈姆雷特这个角色。
    • These tenants of the deep have evolved some extremely ingenious devices, such as enormous eyes, feelers for locating their food and enemies.
      这些深海居民已经进化出一些非常独特的器官,像巨大的眼睛、触须等以便探测食物和敌人的位置。
    • What insects have long feelers? What insects have short feelers?
      什么昆虫的触角长?什么昆虫的触角短?
    • The snail draws in its feelers.
      这只蜗牛将触角缩了回去。