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　

BNC.33615 / COCA.24142

习惯用语

put out feelers

试探
to try to find out what people think about a particular course of action before you do it

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

(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。

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

I got a feeler from Hello america.
我从“你好美国”得到一些机会。
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？”
A temperature sensibility feeler of the temperature detect switch is disposed on the outer body.
所述温控开关的感温探头安装在外杯体上。
Am I more a thinker or a feeler?
我是思想型，还是感觉型？
The letter was a feeler to see what his attitude might be.
这封信是一种试探，看看他的态度。
That's the male, inserting sperm into the female, using its feeler called a palp.
那就是雄性用他叫做触须的触角把精子射入到雌性体内。
Use the ruler and the feeler to inspect whether the joint surface of the cylinder head is deformed.
利用直尺和塞尺检查气缸头的结合面是否有变形。
The lower end of the feeler arm is a probe structure and arranged in the spring.
探测杆的下端为探针构造并置入弹簧之中。
Be able to use measure instrument, such as caliper, feeler gage, micrometer and so on.
熟悉使用常用计量器具，如卡尺，塞尺，千分尺等。
If you still have the lawnmower manual and a feeler gauge you can adjust the gap to the specifications.
如果您仍然有割草机手册和触角衡量您可以随时调整的差距，以规格。