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

• 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）。
• Mounting large bearings can be time consuming, often involving feeler gauges and specially trained personnel.
  大型轴承可以安装费时，往往涉及触角仪和专门培训的人员。
• 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？”
• He quickly tried to pass it off with a loud laugh. Then he put out a feeler: We heard sounds of laughter from the next room.
  赶快一阵狂笑掩饰了过去，他就故意探问道：我们听到隔壁房间传来的阵阵笑声。
• Based on the composition and working principle of infrared reflectance photoelectric weft feeler, the photoelectric weft feeler system of shuttle loom was improved.
  依据红外反射式光电探纬的组成和工作原理，对有梭织机光电探纬系统进行了改进。
• The letter was a feeler to see what his attitude might be.
  这封信是一种试探，看看他的态度。
• Am I more a thinker or a feeler?
  我是思想型，还是感觉型？
• She made a little deal in stocks as a feeler.
  她在股票上做一笔小交易当作试探。
• The probe can be penetrated into a coating until the bottom part of the coating through the compressive force effect of the feeler arm.
  探测杆在压力作用下促使探针刺入涂层直至涂层的底部。
• When the compressive force is eliminated, and the feeler arm can be returned through the bouncing of the spring.
  待压力消除后，探测杆便由弹簧反弹复位。