feeler 音标拼音: [f'ilɚ]
n . 触角,触须;试探者,试探器
触角,触须;试探者,试探器
feeler *触
feeler n 1 :
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e .
g .
insects and crustaceans ;
typically sensitive to touch and taste [
synonym : {
antenna }, {
feeler }]
2 :
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others ; "
she rejected his advances " [
synonym : {
overture },
{
advance }, {
approach }, {
feeler }]
3 :
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ ; "
he had a special antenna for public relations " [
synonym : {
antenna },
{
feeler }]
4 :
slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish [
synonym : {
barbel },
{
feeler }]
Feeler \
Feel "
er \,
n .
1 .
One who ,
or that which ,
feels .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
One of the sense organs or certain animals (
as insects ),
which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food ;
an antenna ;
a palp .
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1913 Webster ]
Insects . . .
perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antenn [
ae ].
--
Derham .
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3 .
Anything ,
as a proposal ,
observation ,
etc .,
put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others ;
something tentative .
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1913 Webster ]
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
feeler ":
advance ,
antenna ,
approach ,
asking price ,
barb ,
barbel ,
barbule ,
barometer ,
bid ,
bone of contention ,
cat whisker ,
catechism ,
cross -
interrogatory ,
cross -
question ,
debating point ,
demand ,
foretaste ,
hint ,
inquiry ,
interrogation ,
interrogative ,
interrogatory ,
invitation ,
issue ,
kiteflying ,
leader ,
leading ,
leading question ,
moot point ,
offer ,
offering ,
overture ,
palp ,
palpus ,
pilot balloon ,
point at issue ,
point in question ,
preliminary approach ,
presentation ,
probe ,
problem ,
proffer ,
query ,
question ,
question at issue ,
question mark ,
quodlibet ,
random sample ,
sample ,
sensor ,
sound ,
sounder ,
straw vote ,
submission ,
suggestion ,
tactile cell ,
tactile corpuscle ,
tactile hair ,
tactile organ ,
tactile process ,
tactor ,
tentative approach ,
test ,
tester ,
topic ,
trial balloon ,
vexed question ,
vibrissa ,
weather vane ,
weathercock
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