英语词汇“to put out feelers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A tentative proposal, hint, or question put forward in order to ascertain another's opinions or intentions, or to elicit information. Frequently in to put out feelers and variants.peace feeler: see peace n. Compounds 1.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment > proposal or project to test attitudes

feeler1823

ballon d'essai1858

to fly a kite1902

trial balloon1939

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > sounding out > instrument of

sounder1587

voice-asker1593

draw1811

feeler1823

leader1882

1823 Republican 30 May 699 As we have seen no public notice of any such an intention as it professes; we presume that it may be viewed as a feeler.

1827 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 16 June 707/1 It being manifestly a feeler, put forth..with the approbation..of the members both of the Bank and the Government.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 273 Cromwell had thrown out feelers in the various European courts.

a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead (1886) I. v. 68 ‘It will cost a great deal if I fit them up as I like,’ I said as a feeler.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 6/3 The project has gone no further than the feeler circular.

1913 E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case vi. 134 He wondered how much Mr. Bunner knew of the domestic difficulty in his chief's household, and decided to put out a feeler.

1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 13 I slyly interjected the following feeler concerning my report: ‘Anything you'd care to discuss at dinner, Mr. Pennypacker’?

2009 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 43 We've obviously put out a few feelers, we're just waiting on information coming back.

单词	to put out feelers
释义	> as lemmas to put out feelers a. A tentative proposal, hint, or question put forward in order to ascertain another's opinions or intentions, or to elicit information. Frequently in to put out feelers and variants.peace feeler: see peace n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment > proposal or project to test attitudes feeler1823 ballon d'essai1858 to fly a kite1902 trial balloon1939 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > sounding out > instrument of sounder1587 voice-asker1593 draw1811 feeler1823 leader1882 1823 Republican 30 May 699 As we have seen no public notice of any such an intention as it professes; we presume that it may be viewed as a feeler. 1827 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 16 June 707/1 It being manifestly a feeler, put forth..with the approbation..of the members both of the Bank and the Government. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 273 Cromwell had thrown out feelers in the various European courts. a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead (1886) I. v. 68 ‘It will cost a great deal if I fit them up as I like,’ I said as a feeler. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 6/3 The project has gone no further than the feeler circular. 1913 E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case vi. 134 He wondered how much Mr. Bunner knew of the domestic difficulty in his chief's household, and decided to put out a feeler. 1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 13 I slyly interjected the following feeler concerning my report: ‘Anything you'd care to discuss at dinner, Mr. Pennypacker’? 2009 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 43 We've obviously put out a few feelers, we're just waiting on information coming back. extracted from feelern. < as lemmas
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