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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