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

• Measuring clearance reduction with a feeler gauge.
  用测隙规测量游隙减小量。
• As a feeler he added," probably had more interesting things to look at. "
  试探着他又加了句，“是不是去了更有趣的地方？”
• 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。
• 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。
• I got a feeler from Hello america.
  我从“你好美国”得到一些机会。
• Analysis and demonstration the feasibility of digital weft feeler, given some solutions of the technical difficulties.
  对探纬系统的数字化可行性进行分析论证，对一些技术难点给出了解决方案。
• The feeler material must be harder than the material that is checked ( hardened pins).
  测隙片的材料必须比被检查的材料更坚硬（被硬化的针）。
• Mounting large bearings can be time consuming, often involving feeler gauges and specially trained personnel.
  大型轴承可以安装费时，往往涉及触角仪和专门培训的人员。
• Feeler gauge used for measuring.
  测量用测隙规。
• Am I more a thinker or a feeler?
  我是思想型，还是感觉型？