kaleidoscope
万花筒,万花筒式,万花筒式的,万花筒式样
Definitions
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- : 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.
- : a continually changing pattern of shapes and colors.
- : a continually shifting pattern, scene, or the like: The 1920s were a kaleidoscope of fads and fashions.
Examples
Shortages of Clorox wipes, masks and other medical goods have evolved since then into a kaleidoscope of scarcity, with appliances, toys, industrial parts and semiconductors all proving hard to find.
It’s an ever-expanding condiment kaleidoscope — and thanks to increased interest in fermentation from chefs and home cooks bolstered by pandemic-era cooking, North America’s artisanal vinegar industry has only begun to bloom.
Warming seas threaten to turn coral reefs from kaleidoscopes of color into bleached fields of rubble.
Some can recreate a whole kaleidoscope of colors, which comes in handy if you like to party or you want to become a Twitch streamer with custom lit backgrounds.
In all, the Kefauver High Kaleidoscope sold more than a million copies.
Her aspirations were noble: Inject high art into pop music and create a Koons-esque kaleidoscope of dance tracks.
The collection was visual poetry with the colors colliding and blending as if seen through an ever-spinning kaleidoscope.
This dish is also a subtle kaleidoscope of wonderful flavors.
The bottom of the bank was a constantly varying kaleidoscope of beauty.
The south transept window, although sheer kaleidoscope, is gay and attractive.
There moved before us a kaleidoscope of gay colors, over which breathed the fragrance of soft music.
You have often turned a kaleidoscope over and over, and watched the bits of coloured glass falling into strange patterns.
Half shut your eyes and make a tube of your hands and see if this doesn't remind you of a kaleidoscope.