telescope
/ˈtɛl.əˌskoʊp/ verbe C2En français : télescoper, se télescoper, emboîter
- To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
- To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
- To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
- To collapse, via cancellation.
He/she/it telescopes · Prétérit telescoped · Participe passé telescoped · Forme en -ing telescoping
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- telescope
- He/she/it
- telescopes
- Prétérit
- telescoped
- Participe passé
- telescoped
- Forme en -ing
- telescoping
Dans la bibliothèque
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!
“What a curious feeling!” said Alice; “I must be shutting up like a telescope.”
“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); “now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was!
The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along.
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