n.[C]

1. （單筒）望遠鏡
   He looked through his telescope at the approaching ship.

   他透過望遠鏡看著駛近的輪船。

2. 縮疊式旅行袋

vt.

1. 使套疊；使相嵌
   He took out a white rod which he telescoped into a walking stick.

   他拿出一根白色長棍，把它縮折成一根手杖。

2. 縮短
   It is difficult to telescope 200 years of history into one lecture.

   把二百年的歷史濃縮在一個講座中很是困難。

vi.

1. 套疊；相嵌
   As a result of the collision, the first two cars telescoped.

   由於相撞，頭兩節車廂疊嵌在一起了。

2. 變短

n.

an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

v.

1. (with reference to an object made of concentric tubular parts) slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.
   ▸crush (a vehicle) by the force of an impact.
2. condense or conflate so as to occupy less space or time.