telescope

/ˈtelɪskoʊp/ n. / v.
一句话记住

望远镜;叠缩;压缩

释义与例句

n. 望远镜
a tube with lenses used to look at distant objects
  1. They looked at the moon through a telescope.
    他们用望远镜看月亮。
v. 叠缩;压缩
to shorten something by pressing its parts together
  1. The text was telescoped into two pages.
    全文被压缩成了两页。

词源与构词

tele-(远)+ skopein(看),用来看远处星体的管子就是“望远镜”;像镜筒一样一节节套起来,就是“叠缩”。

tele 词根 · far,远
-scope 组合形式 · to look,看
记忆钩子 tele(远)+ scope(看):一根管子望向远方星空,就是望远镜。

词族与关联词

同根词(同一个词根长出来的词)
  • telecommute 远程办公
    More staff now telecommute three days a week. 现在更多员工每周远程办公三天。
  • telegraph 电报;电报机
    He sent the news by telegraph. 他用电报把这个消息发了出去。
  • telephone 电话;电话机
    She answered the telephone on the first ring. 电话一响她就接了。
  • television 电视;电视机
    We watched the match on television. 我们在电视上看了那场比赛。
词族(同一词根的不同词性)
telescopictelescopically
同义词
  • spyglass
反义词
暂无
易混词
常见搭配
  • through a telescope
  • space telescope
  • telescope into