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单词 phantasmagoria
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
phan•tas•ma•go•ri•a /fænˌtæzməˈgɔriə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ri•as. 
  1. a shifting series of illusions or confusing, deceptive appearances, as in a dream.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
phan•tas•ma•go•ri•a  (fan taz′mə gôrē ə, -gōr-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  2. a changing scene made up of many elements.
  3. an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.
  • French fantasmagorie, compound based on fantasme phantasm; second element perh. representing Greek agorá assembly, gathering; see -ia
  • 1795–1805;
phan•tas′ma•gori•al, phan•tas•ma•gor•ic  (fan taz′mə gôrik, -gor-),USA pronunciation phan•tas′ma•gori•cal, phan•tas′ma•gori•an, adj.  phan•tas′ma•gori•al•ly, phan•tas′ma•gori•cal•ly, phan•tas′ma•gori•an•ly, adv. 
phan•tas′ma•gorist, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
phantasmagoria /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːrɪə/, phantasmagory /fænˈtæzməɡərɪ/ n
  1. a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream
  2. a sequence of pictures made to vary in size rapidly while remaining in focus
  3. rare a shifting scene composed of different elements
Etymology: 19th Century: probably from French fantasmagorie production of phantasms, from phantasm + -agorie, perhaps from Greek ageirein to gather together

phantasmagoric /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒrɪk/, ˌphantasmaˈgorical adj
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