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

• This article focuses on technical issues such as feeding, blowing rate, water quantity, feeler lever and layout quantity of jigging machine.
  本文主要阐述了跳汰机的给料、风量和水量、探杆、排料量等技术问题。
• Feeler gauge used for measuring.
  测量用测隙规。
• 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。
• Use the ruler and the feeler to inspect whether the joint surface of the cylinder head is deformed.
  利用直尺和塞尺检查气缸头的结合面是否有变形。
• 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。
• A temperature sensibility feeler of the temperature detect switch is disposed on the outer body.
  所述温控开关的感温探头安装在外杯体上。
• Cowboy novelists, as thinker and feeler of the time, reflected the history of American social development with their pens.
  美国牛仔小说根植于广袤的美国西部大地，积淀着美国社会发展中深厚的生活、文化和历史底蕴。
• 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。
• 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。
• Am I more a thinker or a feeler?
  我是思想型，还是感觉型？