feelers是什么意思？

feelers

• n. （昆虫的）触须，对他人观点或反应的试探( feeler的名词复数 )；

例句

• 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.
• I'm putting out feelers to see if she'd like to come. 我试探一下她是否愿意来.
• 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。

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。