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

• In the afternoon, I should go to the museum, I want to see the pageant of man's progress, the kaleidoscope of the ages.
  下午的时候，我会去博物馆，我想看看人类进步的壮观景象以及历史的沧桑巨变；
• When I was child, I played with a toy name kaleidoscope.
  当我还很小的时候，我喜欢玩玩具&万花筒。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I grew up, I did not play the kaleidoscope again because it changed the picture every time and it made me feel unhappy.
  当我再长大一些的时候，我不喜欢玩万花筒了，只因为它每次都会转变不同的图画，我觉得很不开心。
• 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。
• Lead me away, come inside, see my mind in kaleidoscope.
  指引我离开，深入进去，用万花筒看我的心。
• Here are further glimpses of the Davos kaleidoscope.
  以下是达沃斯万花筒的另外几个景象。
• The controls for Kaleidoscope are pretty straight forward.
  万花筒效果的控制是非常直接的。
• I throw my eyes out of focus, so that I see no particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors.
  我的目光没有聚焦，以致我没有看到特别的目标，仅仅是那川流不息的彩色万花筒。