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spyglass

/spahy-glas, -glahs/US // ˈspaɪˌglæs, -ˌglɑs //UK // (ˈspaɪˌɡlɑːs) //

窥视镜,望远镜,窥镜,窥探镜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small telescope.

Examples

  • Tuning in to interstellar radio waves for the first time was akin to Galileo pointing a modified spyglass at the stars centuries earlier — we could see things in the sky we’d never seen before.

  • After a few moments, and with Frane's aid, Russ Bunker got the wooden spyglass focused on the proper point.

  • Old Mrs. Bounderby h'isted the gold-mounted double spyglass she had slung round her neck and took an observation.

  • Fritz remained by me while I examined the object through my spyglass.

  • A preventive man (as the revenue officers are called), with his spyglass under his arm, passed him.

  • Now, though, his thoughts were taken up by the problem of getting away unobserved by the spyglass man.