| 单词 | kaleidoscope |
| 释义 | kaleidoscope /keuh luy"deuh skohp'/, n. 1. an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other. 2. a continually changing pattern of shapes and colors. 3. a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like: The 1920s were a kaleidoscope of fads and fashions. [1817; < Gk kal(ós) beautiful + eîdo(s) shape + -SCOPE] |
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