意味(日本語)

触覚、触手(ためしに触れるためのもの)

語源

• tempt-、 tent- : L.temptare=to try, to test(手で触れてみてためす)

意味(英語)

• (noun) Zoology An elongated flexible unsegmented extension, as one of those surrounding the mouth or oral cavity of the squid, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion.
• (noun) Botany One of the sensitive hairs on the leaves of insectivorous plants, such as the sundew.
• (noun) A similar part or extension, especially with respect to the ability to grasp or stretch: an espionage network with far-reaching tentacles.

例文

• If one tentacle is chopped off, the starfish grows a new one, making it a model of resilience.

試験的の、実験的の、仮の

語源

• tempt-、 tent- : L.temptare=to try, to test(手で触れてみてためす)

試みる、(心の強さをためす)誘惑する

語源

• tempt-、 tent- : L.temptare=to try, to test(手で触れてみてためす)

誘惑、試練

語源

• tempt-、 tent- : L.temptare=to try, to test(手で触れてみてためす)

人の心をひく、そそのかすような

語源

• tempt-、 tent- : L.temptare=to try, to test(手で触れてみてためす)