| 单词 | tentacle |
| 释义 | tentacle (tentəkəl ) Word forms: tentacles 1. countable noun [usually plural] The tentacles of an animal such as an octopus are the long thin parts that are used for feeling and holding things, for getting food, and for moving. 2. countable noun [usually plural] If you talk about the tentacles of a political, commercial, or social organization, you are referring to the power and influence that it has in the outside community. [disapproval] Free speech is being gradually eroded year after year by new tentacles of government control. [+ of] Collocations: tentacles spread It's not hard to see how webs will tangle, tentacles spread, moral compasses spin. Times, Sunday Times First, because it creeps out, its tentacles spread. Times, Sunday Times Its tentacles spread into other spheres of police investigation. Times, Sunday Times Their tentacles spread out above the sediment to catch food particles and their caudal region may be elongated and also extend to the surface. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 触须 Japanese: 触手 |
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