feeler

1. N-COUNT An insect's feelers are the two thin stalks on its head with which it touches and senses things around it. 触角[usu pl]

2. N-PLURAL If you put out feelers, you make careful, quiet contacts with people in order to get information from them, or to find out what their reaction will be to a suggestion. 试探性的接触以获取所需的信息; 对他人观点的反应

When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities. 职位空缺时，该办公室的触角先伸向大学。