tentacle

• 指许多动物头部或口部附近长有的细长、柔软且常具抓握功能的器官，用于触觉、抓取或移动；也比喻某人或某势力扩张影响或控制的范围。

A noun referring to a long, flexible, and often prehensile organ found on the head or near the mouth of many animals, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion; also used metaphorically to describe something that extends its influence or grasp.

1. Animal appendageB1formal

   A long, flexible, and often prehensile organ found on the head or near the mouth of many animals, used for feeling, grasping, or moving.

   触手

   • The octopus uses its tentacles to capture prey.
   • Jellyfish tentacles can deliver a painful sting.
   • The squid's tentacles are lined with powerful suckers.

   同义词armbarbelfeeler

2. Influence or reachB2informal

   Something that extends its influence or control, often in a pervasive or grasping manner.

   影响或势力范围

   • The corporation's tentacles reach into every corner of the industry.
   • The political party extended its tentacles into local government.
   • The criminal organization's tentacles spread across multiple countries.

   同义词controlgripholdinfluencereachsway