telescope
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/ us/ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/
B2 望远镜
a cylinder-shaped device for making objects that are far away look closer and larger, using a combination of lenses, or lenses and curved mirrors
- More examples
- With a good telescope, you can see craters on the moon.
- A low-power telescope is enough if you only want to look at the moon.
- I used a pile of books as a rest for my telescope.
telescope
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/ us/ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/
缩短；变短
to make or become shorter by reducing the length of the parts
We had to telescope five visits into two days. 我们只得把5次拜访压缩在两天之内完成。