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

• Ant: Do you have long feelers?
  你有长长的触角吗？
• Already feelers were out about another script.
  已就另一脚本在向外界进行试探。
• "She has no feelers," said another.
  “她连触须都没有！”另一个说。
• 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。
• 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。
• The snail draws in its feelers.
  这只蜗牛将触角缩了回去。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。