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telescope
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telescoped
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telescoping
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- telescope
['tεlɪskəup]
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1.
noun
[c]
望远镜
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- telescope
[ˈtelɪskəʊp]
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1.
vi.
重叠，套叠，嵌入
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You can telescope the stand to make it fit into small spaces.
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你可以把这个架子折叠一下以便它可以放进狭小的空间里。
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There was a grinding crunch of metal as the front of the car telescoped.
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由于前面车子的相撞而发出金属摩擦的声音。
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In the accident, the cars telescoped.
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在事故中，这些车辆嵌在一起了。
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My hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack.
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我的徒步旅行手杖能伸缩，可以把他放到背包里。
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2.
vt.
压缩，使变短
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Please telescope the legs of tripod to make it shorter.
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请把三角架的支架缩起来，让它变得短些。
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The whole process was being telescoped into a period of months.
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整个过程的时间被压缩到几个月。
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The novel was telescoped into a short play.
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这部小说被压缩成一部短剧。
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3.
vt.
使重叠，使嵌入
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4.
adjective
折叠的，套叠的
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Most camera lenses are not figured nearly as accurately as are telescope lenses.
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大部分摄像机的镜头不能折叠镜头那样精准地成像。
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5.
n.[c]
望远镜
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Grace was looking up at the stars with a telescope.
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格蕾丝正用一架望远镜仰望星空。
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For several days he had been watching the moor through the telescope.
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几天以来他一直用望远镜在观察那片旷野。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- telescope
['tεlɪ"skəυp]
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n
an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter by use of a combination of lenses (refracting telescope) or lenses and curved mirrors (reflecting telescope) - See also terrestrial telescope astronomical telescope Cassegrain telescope Galilean telescope Newtonian telescope
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2.
n
any instrument, such as a radio telescope, for collecting, focusing, and detecting electromagnetic radiation from space
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3.
vb
to crush together or be crushed together, as in a collision
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the front of the car was telescoped by the impact
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4.
vb
to fit together like a set of cylinders that slide into one another, thus allowing extension and shortening
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5.
vb
to make or become smaller or shorter
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the novel was telescoped into a short play
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6.
vb
[Etymology]
C17: from Italian telescopio or New Latin telescopium, literally: far-seeing instrument; see tele-, -scope
Examples
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A low-power telescope is enough if you just want to look at the moon.
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如果你只是想看月亮，低倍率的望远镜就足够了。
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Grace was looking up at the stars with a telescope.
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格蕾丝正用一架望远镜仰望星空。
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You can telescope the stand to make it fit into small spaces.
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你可以把这个架子折叠一下以便它可以放进狭小的空间里。
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I was busy transiting to the telescope.
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我正忙着旋转望远镜。
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The telescope has a very narrow field of view.
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这台望远镜视野非常狭隘。
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For several days he had been watching the moor through the telescope.
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几天以来他一直用望远镜在观察那片旷野。
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