kaleidoscope
发音
英 [kəˈlaɪdəskəʊp]
美 [kəˈlaɪdəskoʊp]
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- n.
- 万花筒
- 千变万化,瞬息万变
单词词源
kaleidoscope 万花筒
由其发明者19世纪苏格兰科学家David Brewster根据希腊语合成的一个词,来自希腊语kalos,漂亮的,词源同calligraphy,eidos,形状,词源同idol,-scope,看,词源同telescope.比喻义千变万化,持续改变。
双语例句
- 1. Turning the page here is like twisting a kaleidoscope .
- 翻动此书的每一页就像转动万花筒。
- 2. Er , with closed long e , joined the kaleidoscope and sometimes became ir .
- 含有闭元音长音e的er,经过千变万化,有时变成了ir。
- 3. Here are further glimpses of the davos kaleidoscope .
- 以下是达沃斯万花筒的另外几个景象。
- 4. We rode along the valley of the butterflies , millions of them forming fluttering clouds that we passed through , like riding in a kaleidoscope .
- 我们沿着蝴蝶谷行驶,数以百万计的美丽蝴蝶如片片飘荡的云絮,我们在云下穿行,像是在目迷五色的万花筒里。
- 5. Higher education will have to be recast to reduce the proportion of time spent on specialisation : this would enable an easier response to shifting skill requirements as the kaleidoscope turns .
- 必须提高教育水平,减少用在专业化方面的时间比例:这将使工人在万花筒转动时,更容易适应新的技能要求。