telescope

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IELTSTOEFL高考四级六级考研B2

释义

An optical instrument with lenses or mirrors for making distant objects appear nearer and larger.

望远镜（用透镜或反射镜使远处物体看起来更近更大的光学仪器）。

To slide or be forced together so one part fits inside another; to compress or condense into a smaller form or shorter time.

（使）叠套、套缩；压缩、精简（成更小的形式或更短的时间）。

词根派生

tele-远距离

=telescope

tele-（远）+ scope（看）= 看远处物体的仪器。动词义来自它的结构：早期望远镜由能彼此套进去、收纳时变短的镜筒组成，所以 'to telescope' 引申为叠套在一起、压缩进更小的空间或更短的时间。

telescope 一词身兼两职，而两者都源于一个物理事实：它的镜身能滑动套缩。作名词是著名的观星仪器（tele-「远」+ -scope「看」）。作动词时借用的是这个机械结构而非「看」的含义——老式黄铜望远镜靠把各节滑套在一起来收短，于是凡是挤压、压缩成更短形式的，都可说 telescope。

1.
She pointed the telescope at Saturn and could just make out its rings.
她把望远镜对准土星，刚好能看清它的光环。
2.
The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back images of galaxies billions of light-years away.
哈勃太空望远镜传回了数十亿光年外星系的图像。
3.
In the crash, the front of the train telescoped into the carriage behind it.
事故中，火车头叠套进了后面的车厢里。
4.
The director telescoped three chapters of the novel into a single scene.
导演把小说的三个章节压缩成了一个场景。

释义

An optical instrument with lenses or mirrors for making distant objects appear nearer and larger.

望远镜（用透镜或反射镜使远处物体看起来更近更大的光学仪器）。

To slide or be forced together so one part fits inside another; to compress or condense into a smaller form or shorter time.

（使）叠套、套缩；压缩、精简（成更小的形式或更短的时间）。

为什么是这个意思

例句

She pointed the telescope at Saturn and could just make out its rings.

她把望远镜对准土星，刚好能看清它的光环。

The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back images of galaxies billions of light-years away.

哈勃太空望远镜传回了数十亿光年外星系的图像。

In the crash, the front of the train telescoped into the carriage behind it.

事故中，火车头叠套进了后面的车厢里。

The director telescoped three chapters of the novel into a single scene.

导演把小说的三个章节压缩成了一个场景。