1640s, from Italian telescopio (Galileo, 1611), and Modern Latin telescopium (Kepler, 1613), both from Greek teleskopos "far-seeing," from tele- "far" (see tele-) + -skopos "watcher" (see scope (n.1)). Said to have been coined by Prince Cesi, founder and head of the Roman Academy of the Lincei (Galileo was a member). Used in English in Latin form from 1619.
telescope (v.)
"to force together one inside the other" (like the sliding tubes of some telescopes), 1867, from telescope (n.). Related: Telescoped; telescoping.
实用例句
1. Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope.
可以看得见火星，就在望远镜的正中央。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Like a telescope it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight.
和望远镜一样，它有一个曲面镜可以积聚阳光。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The space telescope has taken the clearest pictures ever of Pluto.
太空望远镜拍摄到了迄今为止最清晰的冥王星的照片。
来自柯林斯例句
4. to look at the stars through a telescope
用望远镜观察星星
来自《权威词典》
5. With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve - suvius.
