kaleidoscope

英 [kəˈlaɪdəskəʊp]

美 [kəˈlaɪdəskoʊp]

n.  万花筒; (形势、图案等的)千变万化，瞬息万变

复数：kaleidoscopes　过去式：kaleidoscoped　

GRETEM8

BNC.19399 / COCA.19457

牛津词典

noun

• 万花筒
  a toy consisting of a tube that you look through with loose pieces of coloured glass and mirrors at the end. When the tube is turned, the pieces of glass move and form different patterns.
• （形势、图案等的）千变万化，瞬息万变
  a situation, pattern, etc. containing a lot of different parts that are always changing

柯林斯词典

• 万花筒
  Akaleidoscopeis a toy in the shape of a tube with a small hole at one end. If you look through the hole and turn the other end of the tube, you can see a pattern of colours which changes as you turn the tube round.
• N-SING （色彩、成分等的）千变万化，瞬息万变
  You can describe something that is made up of a lot of different and frequently changing colours or elements as akaleidoscope.
  1. ...the vivid kaleidoscope of colours displayed in the plumage of the peacock.
     孔雀羽毛的五彩缤纷
  2. ...a kaleidoscope of different alliances, groupings and interests.
     结盟形式、党派分立及利益关系的瞬息万变

英英释义

noun

• an optical toy in a tube
• a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes

双语例句

• I call this phenomena the "Kaleidoscope Effect" because of the way it shifts into new permutations at regular intervals as the planets arc around horoscope.
  我将这一现象称为“万花筒效应”，因为它会使行星在星盘中运行时形成一种新的有规律性间隔的组合排列。
• A kaleidoscope is an optical toy.
  万花筒是一种光学玩具。
• Appreciation are, are grateful, are touching, or feeling, like a kaleidoscope of ever-changing, with the endless beauty.
  是感谢，是感激，是感动，或是感慨，就像一个千变万化的万花筒，拥有无止的美丽。
• I should want to see the pageant of man's progress, the kaleidoscope of the ages.
  我想看人类进程的展示，时代的万花筒。
• That the twisting kaleidoscope, moves us all in turn.
  生命万花筒，带我们共轮回。
• It was like a kaleidoscope had shattered.
  就象是摔碎的万花筒。
• In the kaleidoscope of a racecourse, neon lights, skyscrapers and Jazz, competing architectural styles and construction materials vied for attention.
  在赛马场、霓虹灯、高楼、爵士乐组成的承受万花筒中，展开的是一场建筑风格和建筑材料的竞赛。
• Here are further glimpses of the Davos kaleidoscope.
  以下是达沃斯万花筒的另外几个景象。
• I loved kaleidoscope when I was a kid.
  记得小时候，很喜欢万花筒。
• 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。