kaleidoscope

• n. 万花筒；千变万化

由其发明者19世纪苏格兰科学家David Brewster根据希腊语合成的一个词，来自希腊语kalos,漂亮的，词源同calligraphy,eidos,形状，词源同idol,-scope,看，词源同telescope.比喻义千变万化，持续改变。

1. an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

kaleidoscope

kaleidoscope: [19] Greek kalós meant ‘beautiful’ (it was related to Sanskrit kalyāna ‘beautiful’). It has given English a number of compound words: calligraphy [17], for instance, etymologically ‘beautiful writing’, callipygian [18], ‘having beautiful buttocks’, and callisthenics [19], literally ‘beauty and strength’. The Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster used it, along with Greek eidos ‘shape’ and the element -scope denoting ‘observation instrument’, to name a device he invented in 1817 for looking at rotating patterns of coloured glass – a ‘beautiful-shape viewer’.
=> calligraphy, callisthenics

kaleidoscope (n.)

1817, literally "observer of beautiful forms," coined by its inventor, Scottish scientist David Brewster (1781-1868), from Greek kalos "beautiful" (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.

Figurative meaning "constantly changing pattern" is first attested 1819 in Lord Byron, whose publisher had sent him one of the toys. As a verb, from 1891. A kaleidophone (1827) was invented by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) to make sound waves visible.

...the vivid kaleidoscope of colours displayed in the plumage of the peacock.

孔雀羽毛的五彩缤纷

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...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

That the twisting kaleidoscope, moves us all in turn.

生命万花筒, 带我们共轮回.

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They responded with a kaleidoscope of emergency loan programs to a wide array of industries.

他们为广泛的行业制定了紧急贷款计划.

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At sunset the sky became a kaleidoscope of colors.

夕阳西下时,天空的颜色千变万化.

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I loved kaleidoscope when I was a kid.

记得小时候,很喜欢万花筒.

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Also I have found Oxford a kaleidoscope.

同样我发现牛津是一个万花筒.

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The China Kaleidoscope Phantom Co. ltd was established in 2002, The headquarters suppose in Shanghai.

中国万花筒影像有限公司成立于2002年, 总部设于上海.

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The food coloring is moved by this and so you can see a kaleidoscope effect.

食用色素就是因为这样移动的,所以你才可以看到万花筒的效果.

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His paintings are a kaleidoscope of gorgeous colours.

他的油画色彩斑斓,变化万千.

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Cultivating our individuality will transform our lives, making of them kaleidoscope of new colors and textures.

发挥我们自己的个性会改变我们的生活, 使它们成为美丽的万花筒.

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Turning the page here is like twisting a kaleidoscope.

翻动此书的每一页就像转动万花筒.

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But he swiftly dismissed the kaleidoscope of memory, oppressed by the urgent need of the present.

可他立即国目前的急需驱走了万花筒一样的回忆.

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A kaleidoscope is an optical toy.

万花筒是一种光学玩具.

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The controls for Kaleidoscope are pretty straight forward.

万花筒效果的控制是非常直接的.

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This city is a kaleidoscope of colours, smells, and sounds.

这个城市是各种颜色 、 气味和声音的万花筒.

《简明英汉词典》

I should want to see the pageant of man's progress, the kaleidoscope of the ages.

我想看看人类进步所走过的艰难曲折的道路, 看看历代的兴衰和沧桑变革.

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Still, it took me some time to complete the turns of my career kaleidoscope.

尽管如此, 我也花费了一些时间来完成了对于我人生目标的转变.

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The street was a kaleidoscope of colors, smells and sounds.

这个街市是各种颜色 、 气味和声音的万花筒.

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He swiftly dismissed the kaleidoscope of memory, oppressed by the urgent need of the present.

眼前有急于要办的事逼迫着他,他一下子打消了记忆中的那些千变万化的情景.

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But a kaleidoscope of rapidly shifting international offerings will dominate the cultural marketplace.

但五花八门迅速变幻的国际文化特色将支配加国文化市场.

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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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Sun and shadow made the landscape a kaleidoscope of color and pattern.

阳光和阴影使风景的颜色和图案千变万化.

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Tom was given a kaleidoscope on his birthday.

汤姆在他生日当天得到一支万花筒.

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The bazaar was a kaleidoscope of strange sights and impressions.

集市的景象光怪陆离,纷然杂陈.

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