| 单词 | telescope | 
| 释义 | Word Frequency telescope(ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp) noun 1.  an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter by use of a combination of lenses (refracting telescope) or lenses and curved mirrors (reflecting telescope)   See also terrestrial telescope,  astronomical telescope,  Cassegrain telescope,  Galilean telescope,  Newtonian telescope 2.  any instrument, such as a radio telescope, for collecting, focusing, and detecting electromagnetic radiation from space  verb 3.  to crush together or be crushed together, as in a collision   the front of the car was telescoped by the impact 4.  to fit together like a set of cylinders that slide into one another, thus allowing extension and shortening  5.  to make or become smaller or shorter  the novel was telescoped into a short play Word origin C17: from Italian telescopio or New Latin telescopium, literally: far-seeing instrument; see tele-, -scope | 
	
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