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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 觸角;觸手;觸須 Topics Fish and shellfishc1 - tentacles[plural] (usually disapproving)
the influence that a large place, organization or system has and that is hard to avoid (大的地方、組織或系統難以避免的)影響,束縛,約束
Word Originmid 18th cent.: anglicized from modern Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentare, temptare ‘to feel, try’.