telescope
/ˈtelɪskoʊp/·텔레스코프·noun
望远镜
GreekCEFR A2
词根
tele- (far) + Greek 'skopein' (to look)
Italian telescopio (early 17th c.) → English telescope (1640s)
一句话
tele(远) + scope(看) = '看远之器'. microscope 的镜子。 同根 tele 入 telephone(远声)、television(远影)、telegraph(远字) ── 人类向远处伸手的词族。
例句
They watched the comet through a telescope.
他们用望远镜观察彗星。
The new telescope can see distant galaxies.
新望远镜能看到遥远的星系。
Galileo improved the telescope in 1609.
伽利略于1609年改良了望远镜。
同根词
microscopetelephonetelevisiontelegraphscope