kaleidoscope

參見：kaléidoscope

英語

萬花筒內部

萬花筒的筒身

替代寫法

• caleidoscope

詞源

來自古希臘語 καλός (kalós, 「美麗」) + εἶδος (eîdos, 「形狀」)（對照-oid） +‎ -scope。1817年由發明家大衛·布儒斯特所創。

用作比喻義則是1819年的拜倫勳爵從出版社那邊收到一個萬花筒而來。

發音

• IPA^(幫助)：/kəˈlaɪdəˌskoʊp/

  • 音頻 (英國)

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名詞

kaleidoscope (複數 kaleidoscopes)

1. 萬花筒
2. (比喻) 千變萬化
   • 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, 卷 1，頁號s 34-35:

     Lady Etheringhame being now a constitutionalist, dined rather early: and Emily, her head like a kaleidoscope, full of colours, with not a little disdain, put on the blue silk she had thought bleu céleste, at least in the country.

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   • 1961 April, G. Freeman Allen, 「The "Rheingold" goes via Cologne」, 出自 Trains Illustrated，頁號 231:

     The rail journey from The Hook [Hook of Holland] to Basle is a scenic kaleidoscope, ranging from the flat terrain of the Netherlands to the high ranges of the Black Forest, from the straight Dutch waterways to the sinuous Rhine gorge, from the ocean-going shipping of canals to the busy inland traffic of the Rhine and from peaceful farmland to thriving centres of commerce.

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   • 2020 6月 17, David Clough, 「Then and now: trains through Crewe」, 出自 Rail，頁號 60:

     Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.

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衍生詞

• kaleidoscopelike
• kaleidoscopic
• teleidoscope

動詞

kaleidoscope (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 kaleidoscopes, 現在分詞 kaleidoscoping, 一般過去時及過去分詞 kaleidoscoped)

1. (不及物) 以變換的方式移動

來源

• 「kaleidoscope」, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.