reflecting telescope
noun [ C ] uk/rɪˌflek.tɪŋ ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/ us/rɪˌflek.t̬ɪŋ ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/
反射式望远镜
a type of telescope (= a device for making objects that are far away look closer and larger) that uses a mirror or mirrors to reflect light and form an image
Isaac Newton built the first reflecting telescope in 1668. 艾萨克 · 牛顿在1668年建造了第一台反射式望远镜。
Compare: refracting telescope
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- His mother bought him a 6-inch reflecting telescope, and he soon was involved in the school astronomy club.
- Reflecting telescopes have big curved mirrors instead of smaller, pricier lenses.
- Astronomers quit building big refracting telescopes when they found they could more easily and cheaply build even bigger, more powerful reflecting telescopes using mirrors.
- I have been unable to find the spiral galaxy with my binoculars, though it is clear enough in a 15-cm reflecting telescope.