tentacle

noun

1. any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals
used for feeling or grasping or locomotion

2. something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold

e.g. caught in the tentacles of organized crime

1. (章鱼等的)触须，触手，触角
The tentacles of an animal such as an octopus are the long thin parts that are used for feeling and holding things, for getting food, and for moving.

2. (政治、商业、社会等机构的)影响力，触角
If you talk about the tentacles of a political, commercial, or social organization, you are referring to the power and influence that it has in the outside community.

e.g. Free speech is being gradually eroded year after year by new tentacles of government control.
言论自由正在一年又一年逐渐被政府不断施加的影响力所削弱。

1. 触手：触手系列 作者:qlin *********************************** 你相信吗...在这世界上有种叫做触手(tentacle)的生命体,它能 栖息在不同的地方,而且外观不尽相同,但它们都有相同的特性...那就是吸取生 物分泌的液体,它们会伪装成不同的外貌,

2. 触须：web 蛛网 | tentacle 触须 | ink 墨汁

3. 触须;触角：subsist: 生存,存在 | tentacle: 触须;触角 | crevice: 裂缝