kaleidoscope英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen.

— The Kaleidoscope (from καλος beautiful, ειδος a form, and σκοπεω to see) is an instrument for creating and exhibiting an infinite variety of beautiful forms, and is constructed in such a manner as either to please the eye, by an ever-varying succession of splendid tints and symmetrical forms, or to enable the observer to render permanent such as may appear most appropriate for any of the numerous branches of the ornamental arts.
A constantly changing series of colours or other things. figuratively

— [T]his rainbow look'd like hope— / Quite a celestial kaleidoscope.
A swarm of butterflies. collective

动词 v.

To move in shifting (and often attractive or colourful) patterns. intransitive

词形变化

kaleidoscopes plural caleidoscope alternative kaleidoscopes present,singular,third-person kaleidoscoping participle,present kaleidoscoped participle,past kaleidoscoped past

词汇关系

衍生词

kaleidoscopelike kaleidoscopic teleidoscope

词源

词源 1

The noun is derived from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful, lovely”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape”) + English -scope (suffix denoting an instrument used for examination or viewing), coined by the British scientist David Brewster (1781–1868) in his 1817 patent for the invention: see the quotation.
The verb is derived from the noun.

词源 2

The noun is derived from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful, lovely”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape”) + English -scope (suffix denoting an instrument used for examination or viewing), coined by the British scientist David Brewster (1781–1868) in his 1817 patent for the invention: see the quotation.
The verb is derived from the noun.