antenna
/ænˈtenə/noun
(pl. antennae /-niː/)
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- Zoology either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods【动】（昆虫、甲壳纲动物、节肢动物等的）触须, 触角。
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antennae
figurative the faculty of instinctively detecting and interpreting subtle signs〈喻〉直觉：he has the political antennae of a party whip.
他有着一个政党议员领袖应有的政治敏感。
派生词
antennal
adjectiveantennary
adjective词源
mid 17th cent: from Latin, alteration of antenna 'yard' (of a ship), used in the plural to translate Greek keraioi 'horns (of insects)', used by Anistotle.