telescope
n.
1640s, from Italian telescopio (Galileo, 1611), and Modern Latin telescopium (Kepler, 1613), both from Greek teleskopos "far-seeing," from tele- "far" (see tele-) + -skopos "watcher" (see scope, n.1). Said to have been coined by Prince Cesi, founder and head of the Roman Academy of the Lincei (Galileo was a member). Used in English in Latin form from 1619.
v.
"to force together one inside the other" (like the sliding tubes of some telescopes), 1867, from telescope, n.. Related: Telescoped; telescoping.
〔李〕[tele-=afar遥远地，scop=to watch观察；-e⇒“to watch afar远距离观察”→] n.an apparatus for making distant objects appear nearer望远镜
〔李〕n. 望远镜 [tele- =far off] ←-scope [GK] =an instrument for viewing表示“观察⋯的仪器；⋯镜”
〔蒋〕[tele远，scop镜] 望远镜