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.
• 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

• 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 management put out feelers to find out what sort of catering the staff really wanted for the new canteen.
  为查明职员们对新餐厅供应伙食种类的实际要求，管理部门进行了调查。
• Ant: Do you have long feelers?
  你有长长的触角吗？
• 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。
• I'll try to put out some feelers to gauge people's reactions to our proposal.
  我想试探一下，看看人们对我们建议的反应。
• It strikes a bug's back with is forelegs and feelers.
  它（蚂蚁）用前腿和触角敲打臭虫的背部。
• Put out feelers cautiously check the views of others
  谨慎地试探别人的观点
• 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。
• Some animals can stretch out or draw back their feelers freely.
  有些动物的触角伸缩自如。
• Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin. It strikes a bug's back with is forelegs and feelers.
  背鳍上各有一刺的角鲨鱼。它（蚁）前腿和触角敲打臭虫的背部。