telescope
/ˈtelɪskəʊp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtelɪskəʊp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈte-lə-ˌskōp/ (ame, mw) · /ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/ (ame, ipa)
telescope — 名詞
- telescopesingular
- telescopesplural
1. a long tube-shaped tool with special glass pieces (lenses) inside, used to make
望遠鏡
使遠處物體看起來更大的管狀光學儀器
a long tube-shaped tool with special glass pieces (lenses) inside, used to make far-away things such as stars, mountains, or ships look bigger and clearer.
Hiro pointed his telescope at the night sky and saw Jupiter's moons clearly.
Hiro 把他的望遠鏡指向夜空，清楚地看見了木星的衛星。
point + at + look through with telescope
The school science club bought a powerful new telescope for the observatory roof.
學校的自然科學社團為天文台的屋頂添購了一臺功能強大的新望遠鏡。
collocation: powerful telescope
Gabriela looked through her grandfather's old telescope at the mountains across the valley.
Gabriela 透過祖父的老望遠鏡觀看山谷對面的群山。
Tariq set up his telescope on the balcony to capture Saturn's rings.
Tariq 在陽臺上架好望遠鏡，準備拍攝土星環。
The ship's captain raised his telescope and studied the distant coastline carefully.
船長拿出望遠鏡，仔細查看遠方的海岸線。
- microscope
an instrument for looking at very small things up close, the opposite purpose of a telescope
文法句型
a [adjective] telescope
through a/the telescope
with a telescope
用法筆記
The plural telescopes is common. In informal conversation, the clipped form 'scope' is sometimes used among hobbyists (e.g., 'Take a look through my scope').
常見錯誤
telescope — 動詞
- telescopepresent simple I / you / we / they
- telescopes3rd person singular
- telescoping-ing form
- telescopedpast simple
1. When something such as a metal tube, umbrella handle, or car part telescopes, it
縮疊；壓縮
將分段零件相互推入以縮短長度
When something such as a metal tube, umbrella handle, or car part telescopes, its sections slide one inside another so that the whole thing becomes shorter. You can also telescope something — push its sections together to make it shorter.
The legs of the camping table telescope into each other for easy storage.
露營桌的腳可以相互縮疊，方便收納。
intransitive use: legs + telescope + into each other
Vikram telescoped the long umbrella and fitted it neatly into his travel bag.
Vikram 把長傘縮疊起來，俐落地放進他的旅行袋裡。
transitive use: person + telescope + object
In the crash, three train carriages telescoped together, crushing the front section.
在這起事故中，三節火車車廂衝撞擠壓在一起，前端被壓扁。
The camera's zoom lens telescopes out when you press the button for a close-up photo.
按下按鈕後，相機的變焦鏡頭會伸縮出來，方便拍攝特寫照片。
文法句型
[noun] + telescope + into [noun]
[noun] + telescope
[person] + telescope + [noun]
用法筆記
This sense is most common in product manuals, accident reports, and mechanical descriptions. The transitive form (to telescope something) requires a person or external force causing the shortening. The intransitive form describes the movement itself.