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

• Ferguson was concerned by a potential lack of attacking personnel even before solskjaer's announcement yesterday, having put out feelers last week through a handful of trusted agents, with Dimitar berbatov, of Tottenham hotspur, his principal target.
  弗格森爵士在索尔斯克亚退役之前就担心攻击手的缺乏，上周通过一个靠得住的经纪人试探了热刺前锋贝尔巴托夫。
• 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。
• 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。
• The snail drew in its feelers.
  蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
• Ant: Do you have long feelers?
  你有长长的触角吗？
• "She has no feelers," said another.
  “她连触须都没有！”另一个说。
• The snail draws in its feelers.
  这只蜗牛将触角缩了回去。
• 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。
• When feelers were extended for a summit meeting his name was invariably mentioned.
  凡是在最高级会谈上伸出触角时，总是提到他的名字。
• Already feelers were out about another script.
  已就另一脚本在向外界进行试探。