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

• 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。
• Perhaps they came from his experiences in meditation, wherein he let go of his daily concerns and found himself in a kaleidoscope of changing colors and shapes.
  或许他们来自他的静观经验，在放开了他日常生活的牵扯里，他发现自己在一个改变颜色和形状的万花筒内。
• Life is a kaleidoscope.
  人生是个万花筒。
• At Kaleidoscope, some of the designers ( including me) are organized and analytical.
  在一些设计师的万花筒，（包括我）组织和分析。
• Now, four youths with unique colours, translate their stories into a broadcast drama production-"the life kaleidoscope".
  现在，四个拥有独特色彩的青年，以广播单完剧的方式各放异彩，幻化出&“生命万花筒”。
• 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。
• The controls for Kaleidoscope are pretty straight forward.
  万花筒效果的控制是非常直接的。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。