feeler
Someone or something that feelsSomeone or something that feels.
» The snail draws in its feelers.
Равлик виставляє свої антени.
Значение
значений: 4(буквально)Someone or something that feels.
Are you more of a feeler or more of a thinker?
Fühler
щупščup
An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
Fühler
у́сикúsik, щу́пальцеščúpalʹce, анте́ннаantɛ́nna
ву́сикvúsyk, анте́наanténa, щу́пальцеščúpalʹce
(переносно)Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.
I sent out some feelers but they didn't seem interested.
This survey is designed to get a feeler about how the citizens feel about the proposed new highway.
(Philippines, переносно)A presumptive person; someone who bases on gut feeling, such as assuming or imagining that something said or done, whether positive or negative, was for a person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling, or someone who assumes one's affection is reciprocated, or indulges in one's own wishful thinking or flatters oneself
- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
- slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
Примеры
предложений: 2The snail draws in its feelers.
ukРавлик виставляє свої антени.
The snail drew in its feelers.
ukРавлик виставив свої антени.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
По значениям 2
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definitioFrom Middle English feler, feeler, felar, equivalent to feel + -er. Animal organ definition from 1660s. Transferred sense of "proposal put forth to observe the reaction it gets" is from 1830.
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Формы
мн. число: feelersСинонимы
синонимов: 5- one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste:antenna
- slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish:barbel
- sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ:antenna
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others:overtureadvanceapproach