feelers / ˈfi lər /

感受器感应器触角感受者

feelers 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a person or thing that feels.
  2. a proposal, remark, hint, etc., designed to bring out the opinions or purposes of others: Interested in an accord, both labor and management were putting out feelers.
  3. Zoology. an organ of touch, as an antenna or a tentacle.
  4. Also called feeler gauge .Engineering. a gauge having several blades of known thickness, used for measuring clearances.
  5. Nautical. a device for indicating that the lead of a mechanical sounding device has come to the bottom.

feelers 近义词

n. 名词 noun

anything that investigates by touch

n. 名词 noun

an effort to discover opinion

更多feelers例句

  1. Privately, Banks put out feelers about running for the job himself.
  2. As In the Heights was declared the toast of Broadway, Hollywood started putting out feelers.
  3. Washington, a 6-foot-3, 185-pounder who averaged 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the 30-2 Compass Prep team, has gotten feelers from other schools, his father told the Athletic.
  4. So for the past few years, Gordon has put out feelers to institutions to take over Lynne’s life’s work.
  5. All those cells allow these flexible feelers to operate almost on their own.
  6. He threw out this last suggestion as a kind of feeler; and then suddenly made the plunge.
  7. A mild electrical shock coursed through his body, as if an invisible feeler had passed over him.
  8. The feeler had all but touched Quade, and with the closeness of his escape, the remnants of his courage gave.
  9. It's feeler rays, Dr. Lee; the first wave, low penetration surface rays.
  10. The huge disk with the feeler-ray antennae sank down close to his chest, heavy as the keystone upon a tomb.