telescopic

形容词 adj.
/tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope.
    — Within a year or two of Galileo's telescopic discoveries no one disputed that the moon had mountains, Jupiter had moons, Venus had phases and the sun had spots […].
  2. Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope.
    — telescopic stars
  3. Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing.
  4. Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another.
    — telescopic baton
  5. Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).

词形变化

more telescopic comparative most telescopic superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
English tele-
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.
English -scope
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -scopic
English telescopic
From tele- + -scopic, after telescope.
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