From the region of his heart, a tentacle had budded. It was as long as his arm, but thin, like whipcord, and soft and flexible. As soon as he thoroughly realised the significance of these new organs, his heart began to pump. Whatever might, or might not, be their use, they proved one thing that he was in a new world. One part of the sky began to get lighter than the rest. Maskull cried out to his companions, but received no response. This frightened him. He went on shouting out, at irregular intervals - equally alarmed at the silence and at the sound of his own voice.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
"Have I said too much? Have I been too familiar? Do you know why you think so? It's because you are still impure. By and by you will listen to all language without shame."
Before he realised what she was about to do, she threw her tentacle round his neck, like another arm. He offered no resistance to its cool pressure. The contact of her soft flesh with his own was so moist and sensitive that it resembled another kind of kiss. He saw who it was that embraced him - a pale, beautiful girl.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
He barely threw a glance at that, however. The woman was clothed in the large skin of an animal. She had big, smooth, shapely limbs, rather muscular than fat. Her magn was not a thin tentacle, but a third arm, terminating in a hand. Her face, which was upturned, was wild, powerful, and exceedingly handsome. But he saw with surprise that in place of a breve on her forehead, she possessed another eye. All three were closed. The colour of her skin in the crimson glow he could not distinguish.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
I don't know anything about the Italian who is working with them down here. But a gang of the Welch-Vaurigard- Sneyd type has tentacles all over the Continent; such people are in touch with sharpers everywhere, you see."英文原著 · 《His Own People》
Dazed and shaken by her experiences, Barbara lost all count of time, but after running for some time through the open country in the gray light of dawn, they reached the edge of those long tentacles of bricks and mortar which London thrusts out from her on every side. The outer fringes of the metropolis were still sleeping as the great car roared by. The snug " High Streets," the red brick "Parades" and "Broadways," with their lines of houses with blinds drawn, seemed to have their eyes shut, so blank, so somnolent was their aspect.英文原著 · 《Okewood of the Secret Service》
He saw the sandy bottom covered with shells, a rock with tentacles of seaweed floating from it, several huge crabs, a multitude of small fishes. Everything was clear and distinct. He looked away with a little gasp. "Wonderful!" he exclaimed. Sir Meyville's smile was beatific. "That is my share," he said. "Down in the other workshop my partners are hard at it. They, too, have met with success.英文原著 · 《The Kingdom of the Blind》
And however an investigation may start, once I'm in it, I'm like a goddamned octopus -- tentacles out in every direction, looking, listening, sucking up every bit of information that I can find.美剧 · 《Billions》
No, we gotta figure out how to stop them before their slimy poverty tentacles unfurl and devour everything on this block.美剧 · 《Shameless》
You come face to face with a massive monster With a gaping maw Full of teeth, three huge legs, and flailing tentacles.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
The news gathering and newscasts will have tentacles in every reach of the Internet.美剧 · 《The News Room》