Word · Frequency #8217
telescope
像望远镜一样套叠；伸缩
to slide or fit into one another like the sections of a telescope, or to make something do this
指像望远镜镜筒那样伸缩或互相套入
- 1.
To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
像望远镜一样伸缩
- 2.
To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
像小望远镜或单筒望远镜的部分一样滑动或嵌入
- 3.
To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
如铁路车厢相撞,以一种车厢进入另一车厢的方式
- 4.
To collapse, via cancellation.
通过取消而折叠
（列车等）相撞叠缩；挤撞在一起；因取消而缩减；塌缩；像望远镜一样伸缩；像小望远镜或单筒望远镜的部分一样滑动或嵌入；如铁路车厢相撞,以一种车厢进入另一车厢的方式
In use
When you press the button, the antenna telescopes back into the body of the device.
Two carriages at the front of the train telescoped together in the collision, leaving a tangled mess of metal.
The whole training course has been telescoped into a single intensive weekend.
Verb forms
base telescope · third person telescopes · -ing telescoping · past telescoped · past participle telescoped
本动词表示缩短或叠缩，常指物体折叠或时间压缩。
Connections
Collocations
- telescope into
- （车辆相撞时）叠缩进前车
- In the crash, the rear carriage telescoped into the one in front.碰撞中，后一节车厢叠缩进前面一节车厢。
- telescope together
- 套叠在一起
- The two sections telescope together to form a single tube.这两节套叠在一起，组成一根管子。
- telescope out
- （伸缩部件）向外伸出
- Pull the handle until it telescopes out to its full length.拉动把手，直到它完全伸出。
- telescoping antenna
- 可伸缩天线
- The portable radio has a telescoping antenna.这台便携式收音机有一根可伸缩天线。
Idioms & figurative uses
- telescope into
- 把…压缩到…之中；把（时间、事件等）缩短为The director telescoped the whole war into a two-minute montage.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象望远镜的镜筒一节节缩进套叠在一起，就像列车相撞后叠缩起来。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：产品说明（可伸缩部件）、铁路事故报道、会议日程压缩说明 telescope 作动词时多用于书面或技术语境，通常表示套叠伸缩、碰撞叠缩，或把时间/项目压缩合并；日常口语较少见，常被 shorten、compress 等替代。正式程度随使用场合而变化。
Grammar Note
可作及物或不及物动词，意为折叠、缩短
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些 -scope 结尾的词拼写相似，但重音位置不同，因此都不与 telescope /ˈteliskəup/ 押韵。telescope 重音在第一个音节，-scope 是非重读的 /skəup/；microscope、periscope、stethoscope、horoscope、endoscope 的重音也在第一个音节，kaleidoscope 的重音在第二个音节。注意不要只看拼写来判断读音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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