| 单词 | telescope-sight |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelescope-sight telescope-sight n. a magnifying sight (sight n.1 14), typically operating on the same principles as a refracting telescope; esp. (in later use) such a sight designed to be used with and mounted upon a firearm; = telescopic sight n. at telescopic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > sights sight1588 telescope-sight1674 telescopic sight1674 1674 R. Hooke Animadversions Machina Cœlestis 58 Fix into this other half of the Tube a Telescope-Sight. 1733 C. Cock Catal. Pictures Sir R. Cotton 27 Three leg'd staff Telescope Sight and plain Sight. 1835 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 7 306 An excellent brass sextant..well fitted up with telescope-sights. 1946 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 146/1 Making a telescope sight for a rifle is an excellent home-workshop project for the marksman who has a taste for fine lathework. 2010 Democrat-Reporter (Linden, Alabama) (Nexis) 11 Nov. After removing the suspect from the trailer, officers found a rifle with a telescope sight which he could have used to kill all the deputies. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。