tentacle

1. N-COUNT 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. 触须

2. N-COUNT 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. (政治、经济或社会组织的影响) 触角[表不满]

Free speech is being gradually eroded year after year by new tentacles of government control. 言论自由正被政府控制的新触角逐渐侵蚀。