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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Both labor and management are putting out feelers.
  劳资双方相互试探对方。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some animals can stretch out or draw back their feelers freely.
  有些动物的触角伸缩自如。
• 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。
• When feelers were extended for a summit meeting his name was invariably mentioned.
  凡是在最高级会谈上伸出触角时，总是提到他的名字。
• 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。