his remark was meant as a feeler - его слова имели целью прозондировать почву
to put forth /to send out, to throw out/ a feeler - зондировать почву, пускать пробный шар; закидывать удочку
• See where you're at bet*
• Ant's antenna
• Antenna
• Antenna or tentacle
• Antenna, often
• Bug's antenna
• Insect antenna
• Insect's appendage
• Insect's sensory device
• It's a test
• It's quite touching
• Negotiator's strategy
• Palp
• Preliminary proposal
• Proposal
• Subtle overture
• Subtle proposal
• Tentacle
• Tentative proposal
• Tentative proposal from ref Lee
• Tentative remark
• Test run
• Trial balloon
• Typically sensitive to touch and taste
• A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
• Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
• Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
• One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans
1. см. feel II + -er
2. зоол. щупальце, усик; антенна
3. пробный шар; зондирование почвы
his remark was meant as a ~ - его слова имели целью прозондировать почву
to put forth /to send out, to throw out/ a ~ - зондировать почву, пускать пробный шар; закидывать удочку
4. воен.
1) разведчик
2) орган войсковой разведки
5. тех. щуп; щупло
to put out a feeler зонди́ровать по́чву
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова.1995.
to put out feelers — производить политический зондаж
- paper feeler