feeler

[US]/'fiːlə/
[UK]/'filɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 触角;试探者;厚薄规
Word Forms
过去式feelered
复数feelers

Phrases & Collocations

sensitive feeler

敏感的触角

emotional feeler

情感触角

social feeler

社交触角

tentative feeler

试探性的触角

Example Sentences

they were sufficiently depressed to put out peace feelers .

他们十分灰心丧气,试探性地提出和解。

They’re putting out feelers about the possibility of building a new sports complex in Leeds.

他们正在试探是否有可能在利兹建一个新的综合体育馆。

The Feeler Antlion needs to be kept alive and tanked, and it will spawn an Executioner Antlion periodically.

试探者蚁狮需要保持活着而且储于槽中, 和它将会定期地产一个死刑运行人蚁狮。

The letter was a feeler to see how he would look upon such a movement.

这封信是一种试探, 看看他如何看待这种运动。

Real-world Examples

I'd better get my feelers out for this Golem character.

我让手下去找找这位格木先生吧。

Source: Sherlock Original Soundtrack (Season 1)

So you could say I might put the feelers out to see what the team thinks.

所以你可以说,我可能会探探口风,看看团队的想法。

Source: Emma's delicious English

Do you see the two short feelers which stick out in front of the crab's head?

你看见螃蟹脑袋前面那两根短触角了吗?

Source: British Students' Science Reader

I put out feelers to some of my contacts at New York's finest hotels.

我已经让我在纽约最好酒店的耳目们留意了。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Step Three: Would you consider yourself more of a thinker or a feeler?

你认为自己是一个思考者还是一个感受者?

Source: Daily English Listening | Bilingual Intensive Reading

Under these horns are two much shorter feelers. Below these again is the mouth.

这些触角下方还有两根触角, 只是短得多, 在下方就是蜗牛的嘴巴。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

The feelers of the moth have pointed ends.

但是蛾子触角的末端是尖的。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Spiders, again, have no feelers in front of their heads, as insects have.

蜘蛛的头部也没有昆虫那样的触角。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

It has two round eyes, at the end of short eye-stalks, close to the feelers.

触角旁边,在短短的眼柄尽头,螃蟹还长着两只圆眼睛。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Then it has two feelers, which stick out in front like little brushes.

头上还有两根触角, 像两把刷子一样, 突出在脑袋前面。

Source: British Students' Science Reader

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