telescope['teliskəup]

• n.
  • 望远镜
  • 【天文学】望远镜座
  • radiotelescope
• adj.
  • 套筒的；伸缩式的；可折叠的
• vt.
  • 使套入；使叠进：

    When the two trains crashed into each other,the cars were telescoped.

    当两列火车相撞时，车厢都叠挤到一块儿了。

  • 缩短，使简略：

    He telescoped the whole story into one paragraph.

    他把整个故事缩为一段。

    I suggest we telescope the seminar into an hour.

    我建议将研讨会缩短为一个小时。

• vi.
  • 套入，重叠，叠进：

    The cars telescoped after the train crashed.

    火车相撞后，车厢叠挤到一块儿了。

  • 缩短，变简略：

    The years seemed to have telescoped.

    这些年似乎一下子缩短了。

• 变形:

  vt.telescoped.telescoping