feeler
feeler
英[ˈfi:lə(r)]美[ˈfilɚ]
n.（昆虫的）触须，对他人观点或反应的试探；
复数：feelers;
例句
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.
She made a little deal in stocks as a feeler.她在股票上做一笔小交易当作试探.
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.
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
(昆虫的)触角，触须
An insect's feelers are the two thin stalks on its head with which it touches and senses things around it.
N-PLURAL
试探手段
If you put 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.
例句
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。英英词典释义
Noun
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
行业词典
体育： 试探对方虚实的动作；
机械： 塞尺；测量间隙的薄片量尺。；
