kaleidoscope

名词 kaleidoscope:

1. a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes
2. an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

1. I throw my eyes out of focus, so that I see no particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors.
   我的目光没有聚焦，以致我没有看到特别的目标，仅仅是那川流不息的彩色万花筒。
2. The bazaar was a kaleidoscope of strange sights and impressions.
   集市的景象光怪陆离，纷然杂陈。
3. His paintings are a kaleidoscope of gorgeous colours.
   他的油画色彩斑斓，变化万千。

ka.lei.do.scope

n.（名词）
A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by means of mirrors reflecting the constantly changing patterns made by bits of colored glass at one end of the tube.
万花筒：一种管状光学仪器，经旋转可产生连续不断的对称图案。这是由于管一端的有色玻璃碎片经过镜子的反射形成不断变化的图形
A constantly changing set of colors.
千变万化的色彩
A series of changing phases or events:
变化多端的阶段或事件：
例句：
a kaleidoscope of illusions.
变化多端的幻觉

来源：
Greek kalos [beautiful]
希腊语 kalos [美丽的]
eidos [form] * see weid-
eidos [形状] *参见 weid-
-scope
-scope

【引伸】
kalei.doscop.ic
kalei.doscop.ically
adv.（副词）