tentacle
美音:
[´tentəkəl
]英音:
[´tentəkəl
]n.(动物)触须、触角,(植物)腺毛
难易程度:
tentacle为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:tentacular
词根
tempt,tent=to try(尝试)
近义词, 同义词
tentacle
/'tentəkl; `tɛntəkl/
n slender flexible part extending from the body of certain animals (eg snails, octopuses), used for feeling or grasping things or for moving 触须; 触角; 触手.
tentacle
n[C][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Modern Latin;Origin: tentaculum, from Latin tentare;
TEMPT]
one of the long thin parts of a sea creature such as an
octopus which it uses for holding things
tentacles [plural]the influence or effect that something has on other people or things - used to show disapproval
The company's tentacles spread from car manufacturing to railways.