feeler
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++feel·er /ˈfiːlə $ -ər/ noun [countable usually plural] 1. HBIone of the two long things on an insect’s head that it uses to feel or touch things. Some sea animals also have feelers. 〔昆虫或某些海洋动物的〕触角，触须2 put out feelers FIND OUTto carefully try to discover what people think about something that you want to do 试探 They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers. 他们似乎有意达成和平协议，并且已经开始在探风了。
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feeler• Clive felt delicate feelers worming through his mind, draining his pain, his fear.• Sea-anglers dot the foreshore, their rods like the jittery feelers of crayfish or the dials of a Geiger counter.• Hanoi, meanwhile, had sent out peace feelers.feel·er nounChineseSyllable
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feeler
feel‧er /ˈfiːlə $ -ər/
noun [countable usually plural]
1. one of the two long things on an insect’s head that it uses to feel or touch things. Some sea animals also have feelers.
2. put out feelers to carefully try to discover what people think about something that you want to do:
They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers.
feel‧er /ˈfiːlə $ -ər/
noun [countable usually plural]1. one of the two long things on an insect’s head that it uses to feel or touch things. Some sea animals also have feelers.
2. put out feelers to carefully try to discover what people think about something that you want to do:
