/'fi:lə(r); `filə/
n
1 long slender part in certain animals, esp insects, for testing things by touch 某些动物（尤指昆虫）的触须, 触角.
2 (idm 习语) put out feelers (infml 口) cautiously check the views of others 谨慎地试探别人的观点
*I'll try to put out some feelers to gauge people's reactions to our proposal. 我想试探一下, 看看人们对我们建议的反应.

n [C usually plural]
one of the two long things on an insect's head that it uses to feel or touch things. Some sea animals also have feelers.
put out feelers
to carefully try to discover what people think about something that you want to do
　They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers.