a slender flexible limb or appendage in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping, moving about, or bearing sense organs
触角,触手,触须,触器。
(in a plant)a tendril or a sensitive glandular hair
(植物的)触毛。
something resembling a tentacle in shape or flexibility
似触手的东西
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trailing tentacles of vapour .袅袅腾腾的烟雾。
(一般作
〈喻〉 影响力;束缚;约束
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the Party's tentacles reached into every nook and cranny of people's lives .党的影响力已经渗透到了人们生活的方方面面。
"mid 18th cent.: Anglicized from modern Latin