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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.
    1. 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

    • The management put out feelers to find out what sort of catering the staff really wanted for the new canteen.
      为查明职员们对新餐厅供应伙食种类的实际要求,管理部门进行了调查。
    • 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。
    • 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?
    • 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。
    • Both labor and management are putting out feelers.
      劳资双方相互试探对方。
    • 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。
    • Put out feelers cautiously check the views of others
      谨慎地试探别人的观点
    • 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。
    • Already feelers were out about another script.
      已就另一脚本在向外界进行试探。
    • These tenants of the deep have evolved some extremely ingenious devices, such as enormous eyes, feelers for locating their food and enemies.
      这些深海居民已经进化出一些非常独特的器官,像巨大的眼睛、触须等以便探测食物和敌人的位置。