剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - tentacle collapse

tentacle
[UK]/'ten.tə.kl/ [US]/-ə-/
noun [C]
* one of the long thin parts like arms of some sea creatures, which are used for feeling and holding things, catching food or moving
（海洋动物的）触手，触角

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1.N-COUNT 可数名词(章鱼等的)触须，触手，触角 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.

【搭配模式】：usu pl
    2.N-COUNT 可数名词(政治、商业、社会等机构的)影响力，触角 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.

    【搭配模式】：usu pl

    【语用信息】：disapproval

    • Free speech is being gradually eroded year after year by new tentacles of government control.

      言论自由正在一年又一年逐渐被政府不断施加的影响力所削弱。

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - tentacle collapse

    tentacle
    ten·tacle / 5tentEkl / noun1. [C] a long thin part of the body of some creatures, such as an octopus , used for feeling or holding things, for moving or for getting food
       触角；触手；触须: (figurative)
       Tentacles of fear closed around her body.
       恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
    2. tentacles [pl.] (usually disapproving) the influence that a large place, organization or system has and that is hard to avoid
       (大的地方、组织或系统难以避免的)影响,束缚,约束:
       The tentacles of satellite television are spreading even wider.
       衞星电视的影响正日益扩大。

    词源记忆 - tentacle collapse

    tentacle 触角，触须
    来自拉丁语tentare, 感知，接触，触摸，来自tendere 的反复格，来自tendere, 拉开，张开，词源同tend, extend。-acle, 小词后缀。引申词义触角，触须。