kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope 英 [kəˈlaɪdəskəʊp] 美 [kəˈlaɪdəskoʊp]
n. 万花筒；千变万化
名词复数:kaleidoscopes
- A kaleidoscope is a child's toy, a tube with a series of mirrors at one end that reflect multiple images of colored bits of glass or toys that move, creating constantly-changing images as you turn the tube.
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- n. 万花筒；千变万化
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1. The search lights and the fireworks made the sky a kaleidoscope of colour.
探照灯和焰火使得天空的颜色千变万化。
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2. In order to represent this complexity and to highlight the areas of emphasis, we used the metaphor of a kaleidoscope.
为了展现这样的复杂性，突出所强调的领域，我们使用了一个万花筒图式。
- kaleidoscope (n.) 1817, literally "observer of beautiful forms," coined by its inventor, Scottish scientist David Brewster (1781-1868), from Greek kalos "beautiful, beauteous" (see Callisto) + eidos "shape" (see -oid) + -scope, on model of telescope, etc. They sold by the thousands in the few years after their invention, but Brewster failed to secure a patent.
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