tentacle
tentacle 英 [ˈtentəkl] 美 [ˈtɛntəkəl]
n. 触手，[动] 触须，[动] 触角
名词复数:tentacles
- A tentacle is long, ropey thing that sticks out of an animal’s face. You probably think they’re gross. Octopuses probably think they’re cute.
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- n. 触手，[动] 触须，[动] 触角
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1. Each tentacle is about two millimeters long.
图中每一个触手大约两毫米长。
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2. Each tentacle is covered with stinging cells (cnidocytes) that can sting or kill other animals: most jellyfish use them to secure prey or for defence.
它的触须从体内伸出，每根触须上都带有可以伤害甚至杀害其他动物的毒刺。 水母大都用这些刺来捕食或自卫。
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3. One positive outcome that could arise from bumping into a friendly ETI is that it takes our fledgling race under its wing (tentacle) and helps us, technologically, to push deeper into space.
若是遇到友善的外星智慧生物，其积极后果之一就是他们会将我们这个幼稚的文明置于其卵翼（或者是触手）之下，帮助我们提高科技水准，推动我们进入更为遥远的太空。
- tentacle (n.) 1762, from Modern Latin tentaculum, literally "feeler," from Latin tentare "to feel, try" + -culum, diminutive suffix (see -cule). Related: Tentacular.
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