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

• It taps on the other's head with its feelers, using a kind of telegraph code.
  它（蚂蚁）像使用一种电码的方式一样，用触角轻敲对方的头部。
• 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。
• HSBC and Standard Chartered are also reportedly angling to return, and other big banks have put out feelers.
  汇丰银行和渣打银行据报道正在往回拱，还有其他大银行也在跃跃欲试。
• 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。
• The snail drew in its feelers.
  蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
• Feelers have been put out to Iran, which borders Afghanistan.
  试探性接触被派到与阿富汗接壤的伊朗。
• Put out feelers cautiously check the views of others
  谨慎地试探别人的观点
• 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。
• 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。
• "She has no feelers," said another.
  “她连触须都没有！”另一个说。