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

• 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。
• Feeler gauge used for measuring.
  测量用测隙规。
• If you still have the lawnmower manual and a feeler gauge you can adjust the gap to the specifications.
  如果您仍然有割草机手册和触角衡量您可以随时调整的差距，以规格。
• Traditional method detecting by dial indicator or feeler gauge needs more time and effort.
  传统的检测方法是由百分表或触角衡量，需要更多的时间和精力。
• Modern life stretched out its steam feeler to this point three or four times a day, touched the native existences, and quickly withdrew its feeler again, as if what it touched had been uncongenial.
  在一天里，现代生活有三四次把它的蒸气触角伸展到这个地方，同本地的生活发生接触，然后又很快缩回它的触角，仿佛它同它接触的生活格格不入似的。
• 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 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。
• And dial gauge than feeler, its read a value accurate, but relatively difficult when the certain place of chassis is operated.
  而百分表较之厚薄规，其读值准确，但是在底盘的某些部位操作时较为困难。
• 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。
• 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。