| 释义 |
tentacle/ˈtentək(ə)l/n. 1 a long slender flexible appendage of an (esp. invertebrate) animal, used for feeling, grasping, or moving (尤指无脊椎动物用来感觉、抓捕或活动的、细长而灵活的)触手，触角，触须 2 a thing used like a tentacle as a feeler etc. 似触手的东西 3 Bot. a sensitive hair or filament 【植】触毛；花丝 □ tentacled adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ tentacular /-ˈtækjʊlə/ adj.□ tentaculate /-ˈtækjʊlət/ adj.[modern Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare = temptare (see TEMPT) + -culum -CULE] |