kaleidoscopes

英 [kəˈlaɪdəskəʊps]

美 [kəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊps]

n.  万花筒; (形势、图案等的)千变万化，瞬息万变
kaleidoscope的复数

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

双语例句

• Of course I was only on the kaleidoscopes. I was never in the Rewrite Squad.
  当然啦，我是只管万花筒，都没进过改写组。
• Probably she had crushed her hand while swinging round one of the big kaleidoscopes on which the plots of novels were 'roughed in'. It was a common accident in the Fiction Department.
  或许是转大万花筒构思小说的时候压伤了手&在小说总局，这算是常见的事故。