单词 | polyorama |
释义 | > as lemmaspolyorama polyorama n. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪəˈrɑːmə/ , U.S. /ˌpɑliəˈræmə/ now historical an optical apparatus presenting many views, or a view of many objects; spec. (in full polyorama panoptique) one for viewing transparencies, in which the amount of light entering can be varied to suggest different times of day.ΚΠ 1833 Times 27 Dec. 3/6 Sadlers Wells... In the course of the piece a new moving Polyorama was introduced, which would do honour to houses of much higher pretensions. 1851 Morning Chron. 4 Feb. 5/1 Nearly opposite is the Polyorama, with a series of pictures from Constantinople and the Bosphorus. 1982 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 10/3 A miniature polyorama panoptique, a sort of two-dimensional peep show in a conical metal casing, dating from 1840, made £450. < as lemmas |
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