feeler
英 ['fiːlə]
美['filɚ]
- n. [动] 触角;试探;试探者;厚薄规
英英释意
- 1. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- 2. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
- "she rejected his advances"
- 3. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ;
- "he had a special antenna for public relations"
- 4. slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish