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tentacle

noun
🔊/ˈtentəkl/
🔊/ˈtentəkl/
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  1. [countable] a long, thin part of the body of some creatures, such as squid, used for feeling or holding things, for moving or for getting food触角；触手；触须
    Topics Fish and shellfishc1
  2. tentacles
     [plural] (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.卫星电视的影响正日益扩大。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: anglicized from modern Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare, temptare ‘to feel, try’.