English Dictionary

tentacle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɛntəkəl/

名詞

比喩的用法 イギリス英語 歴史的

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid. / (botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.

日本語の意味

触手：骨格を持たずに伸びやかで柔軟な器官。例えば、タコやイカなどの動物が持つ器官。 / （植物学）触手：一部の食虫植物の葉に見られる、腺を含む毛状の構造。

The diver carefully avoided the octopus's longest tentacle as it reached toward the reef.

ダイバーはサンゴ礁に向かって伸びてくるタコの一番長い触手を慎重に避けた。

意味（1）

An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle, that slid wriggling down the ladder.

意味（2）

(botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.

意味（3）

(figuratively) An insidious reach or influence.

the tentacles of the criminal underworld

意味（4）

(UK, military, historical) An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link.

A joint RAF/Army staffed Air Support Control (ASC) headquarters was established at each army corps and each armoured division, linked to the forward brigades by a 'tentacle' equipped with two-way wireless telegraphy.

tentacles （ plural ）