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单词 kaleidoscope
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Definition of kaleidoscope in English:

kaleidoscope

noun kəˈlʌɪdəskəʊpkəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊp
  • 1A toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She organized the first American exhibition of kaleidoscopes at Strathmore Hall Art Center in Rockville, Md., the year her book came out.
    • Cornelius mashes sounds together like a child shaking a kaleidoscope mashes colours, but with a deliberation and precision that refute chaos.
    • As a result, she says, ‘There is never a week where I don't get one to three new kaleidoscopes.
    • A list of galleries where the kaleidoscopes can be found is also available.
    • THE FRAGMENTS BEGIN to come together, like the slowly forming pattern of a kaleidoscope.
    • From this refraction comes her art, where in parts she draws on mystical themes and turns them, rather like using a kaleidoscope, into patterns and associations entirely her own.
    • From the reflection of grains of sand and crystals in tubes through to the advances of computers, kaleidoscopes have always been truly beautiful and even puzzling.
    • Our projects will include building kaleidoscopes and telescopes, experimenting with UV and IR light, and arranging mirrors so that a laser shines on a predetermined spot.
    • Is it a kaleidoscope that catches patterns at angles?
    • She has a passion for kaleidoscopes, and here she's seen with several of her creations.
    • The three mirrors in the kaleidoscope are what provides the dance of ministry pieces and programs.
    • Their collecting began as something simple: Karen took a stained glass art class and made a kaleidoscope.
    • Right now she's attempting to make a kaleidoscope from an empty toilet paper tube, beads, rubber bands, some wax paper and Saran wrap.
    • But lovers of kaleidoscopes, Rubik's cubes, and jigsaw and other puzzles should have a field day.
    • It was like a kaleidoscope but definitely the strangest kaleidoscope she had ever seen.
    • They should be allowed to choose to construct either of the kaleidoscopes described below, based upon whatever materials are most readily available to them.
    • Perhaps his best-known legacy is his work on the mathematics of kaleidoscopes, including those operating in higher dimensions.
    • Our unique kaleidoscopes are bursting with bright colors and intricate patterns.
    • When he next opened them, he was behind an electric kaleidoscope or a card of faceted glass.
    • To further the inherent fascination of kaleidoscopes, the Museum is offering children's programs where kids can make their own visual creations with the assistance of a Gallery Guide.
    1. 1.1 A constantly changing pattern or sequence of elements.
      the dancers moved in a kaleidoscope of colour
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Earlier yesterday, Jasper Conran injected a little love into his show which proved a veritable kaleidoscope of summery colours.
      • But I am suddenly achingly aware of the kaleidoscope of people in the world, the jigsaw puzzle pieces of people in existence that joined could make an infinite number of pictures.
      • I was so taken by the kaleidoscope of colour, I got carried away sowing poppies.
      • Tonight while driving down Sydney Rd, I took off my glasses at a red light to polish them, and the world suddenly sprang into a vivid kaleidoscope of coloured spangles.
      • You present a sliver, a little glass piece of the kaleidoscope, a tiny little prism, in which you may see the greater war, but you may not.
      • Up to this point, the only material to have been discussed has been rock crystal, but the rock crystal pieces were complemented by a positive kaleidoscope of coloured hardstones.
      • While streaming one video, the picture broke down after about a minute, and the voice track continued over an indecipherable kaleidoscope of colours.
      • The exhibition highlights the many unique art styles practised in Nimbin, and walking into the gallery one is instantly drawn to the kaleidoscope of beautiful and interesting pieces.
      • None of that kaleidoscope - coloured rice; here it's a calm soft beige, scented with fresh green chilli and cinnamon, wafting the distinctive perfume unique to true Indian basmati rice.
      • The principal commodities were depth defensemen, who rotated among teams in a dizzy kaleidoscope, and some intriguing goalie switches.
      • Wild flowers crowd your vision - a dazzling kaleidoscope of colour against an olive green background.
      • A virtual kaleidoscope of colour inundate not only the standing piles, but also overrun old fallen timbers that overlap, forming small overhangs and grottoes.
      • Contrast trim vests inspire the imagination in an enthusiastic kaleidoscope of colour, from shimmering violet to turquoise, interspersed with highlights of electric blue and orange.
      • A chameleon was shifting to match the kaleidoscope of colour given off by the lights of a gramophone record store.
      • Bewilderment and helplessness and dismay mingled strangely, played out in a clashing kaleidoscope, vivid against the colourlessness of everything else.
      • But for now, however, we're all happy being just one - small - piece of the media kaleidoscope.
      • The vast range of anemone species at the edge of the channel was splashed in an astounding kaleidoscope of colours including velvety purple, red, and orange.
      • Most of the dresses were sleeveless and backless and no doubt were held up by good faith and many safety pins, but the effect was a dazzling kaleidoscope of moving colours, backed by the men in their tropical whites.
      • They're a kaleidoscope of colors ranging from pastel tints to vibrant blues, greens, reds, purples, jades, and buffs in a wide variety of shades.
      • What could match the vibrant kaleidoscope of colour, form and texture that is a Caribbean reef?

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek kalos 'beautiful' + eidos 'form' + -scope.

  • Sir David Brewster, the 19th-century inventor of the kaleidoscope, also coined the name for his invention. It is made up of elements from the Greek words kalos ‘beautiful’, eidos ‘form’, and skopein ‘to look at’, also the root of scope (mid 16th century).

 
 

Definition of kaleidoscope in US English:

kaleidoscope

nounkəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊpkəˈlīdəˌskōp
  • 1A toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of colored glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns that are visible through an eyehole when the tube is rotated.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our unique kaleidoscopes are bursting with bright colors and intricate patterns.
    • Their collecting began as something simple: Karen took a stained glass art class and made a kaleidoscope.
    • Our projects will include building kaleidoscopes and telescopes, experimenting with UV and IR light, and arranging mirrors so that a laser shines on a predetermined spot.
    • Perhaps his best-known legacy is his work on the mathematics of kaleidoscopes, including those operating in higher dimensions.
    • The three mirrors in the kaleidoscope are what provides the dance of ministry pieces and programs.
    • To further the inherent fascination of kaleidoscopes, the Museum is offering children's programs where kids can make their own visual creations with the assistance of a Gallery Guide.
    • As a result, she says, ‘There is never a week where I don't get one to three new kaleidoscopes.
    • She organized the first American exhibition of kaleidoscopes at Strathmore Hall Art Center in Rockville, Md., the year her book came out.
    • She has a passion for kaleidoscopes, and here she's seen with several of her creations.
    • It was like a kaleidoscope but definitely the strangest kaleidoscope she had ever seen.
    • Right now she's attempting to make a kaleidoscope from an empty toilet paper tube, beads, rubber bands, some wax paper and Saran wrap.
    • THE FRAGMENTS BEGIN to come together, like the slowly forming pattern of a kaleidoscope.
    • From this refraction comes her art, where in parts she draws on mystical themes and turns them, rather like using a kaleidoscope, into patterns and associations entirely her own.
    • They should be allowed to choose to construct either of the kaleidoscopes described below, based upon whatever materials are most readily available to them.
    • When he next opened them, he was behind an electric kaleidoscope or a card of faceted glass.
    • From the reflection of grains of sand and crystals in tubes through to the advances of computers, kaleidoscopes have always been truly beautiful and even puzzling.
    • But lovers of kaleidoscopes, Rubik's cubes, and jigsaw and other puzzles should have a field day.
    • A list of galleries where the kaleidoscopes can be found is also available.
    • Is it a kaleidoscope that catches patterns at angles?
    • Cornelius mashes sounds together like a child shaking a kaleidoscope mashes colours, but with a deliberation and precision that refute chaos.
    1. 1.1 A constantly changing pattern or sequence of objects or elements.
      the dancers moved in a kaleidoscope of color
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The exhibition highlights the many unique art styles practised in Nimbin, and walking into the gallery one is instantly drawn to the kaleidoscope of beautiful and interesting pieces.
      • Up to this point, the only material to have been discussed has been rock crystal, but the rock crystal pieces were complemented by a positive kaleidoscope of coloured hardstones.
      • Wild flowers crowd your vision - a dazzling kaleidoscope of colour against an olive green background.
      • Bewilderment and helplessness and dismay mingled strangely, played out in a clashing kaleidoscope, vivid against the colourlessness of everything else.
      • You present a sliver, a little glass piece of the kaleidoscope, a tiny little prism, in which you may see the greater war, but you may not.
      • The vast range of anemone species at the edge of the channel was splashed in an astounding kaleidoscope of colours including velvety purple, red, and orange.
      • But I am suddenly achingly aware of the kaleidoscope of people in the world, the jigsaw puzzle pieces of people in existence that joined could make an infinite number of pictures.
      • Tonight while driving down Sydney Rd, I took off my glasses at a red light to polish them, and the world suddenly sprang into a vivid kaleidoscope of coloured spangles.
      • A virtual kaleidoscope of colour inundate not only the standing piles, but also overrun old fallen timbers that overlap, forming small overhangs and grottoes.
      • Contrast trim vests inspire the imagination in an enthusiastic kaleidoscope of colour, from shimmering violet to turquoise, interspersed with highlights of electric blue and orange.
      • A chameleon was shifting to match the kaleidoscope of colour given off by the lights of a gramophone record store.
      • I was so taken by the kaleidoscope of colour, I got carried away sowing poppies.
      • But for now, however, we're all happy being just one - small - piece of the media kaleidoscope.
      • They're a kaleidoscope of colors ranging from pastel tints to vibrant blues, greens, reds, purples, jades, and buffs in a wide variety of shades.
      • The principal commodities were depth defensemen, who rotated among teams in a dizzy kaleidoscope, and some intriguing goalie switches.
      • Most of the dresses were sleeveless and backless and no doubt were held up by good faith and many safety pins, but the effect was a dazzling kaleidoscope of moving colours, backed by the men in their tropical whites.
      • Earlier yesterday, Jasper Conran injected a little love into his show which proved a veritable kaleidoscope of summery colours.
      • None of that kaleidoscope - coloured rice; here it's a calm soft beige, scented with fresh green chilli and cinnamon, wafting the distinctive perfume unique to true Indian basmati rice.
      • What could match the vibrant kaleidoscope of colour, form and texture that is a Caribbean reef?
      • While streaming one video, the picture broke down after about a minute, and the voice track continued over an indecipherable kaleidoscope of colours.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + eidos ‘form’ + -scope.

 
 
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