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. - 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.- 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。
- When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities.
双语例句
- Put out feelers cautiously check the views of others
谨慎地试探别人的观点 - HSBC and Standard Chartered are also reportedly angling to return, and other big banks have put out feelers.
汇丰银行和渣打银行据报道正在往回拱，还有其他大银行也在跃跃欲试。 - 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。 - It strikes a bug's back with is forelegs and feelers.
它（蚂蚁）用前腿和触角敲打臭虫的背部。 - Both labor and management are putting out feelers.
劳资双方相互试探对方。 - 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。 - The whiskers act as feelers or antennas, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any narrow passage.
胡须起了触角的作用，使猫能判断任何狭窄通道的确切宽度。 - Every reference to the murder sent a shudder to his heart, for his troubled conscience and fears almost persuaded him that these remarks were put forth in his hearing as "feelers";
每逢有人提及这起谋杀案，他就心为之悸，因为他那不安的良心和极度的恐惧几乎使他相信，人家是故意说给他听，探探他的“口风”； - 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。 - 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。