kaleidoscope
參見:kaléidoscope
英語
编辑替代寫法
编辑詞源
编辑來自古希臘語 καλός (kalós, “美麗”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “形狀”)(對照-oid) + -scope。1817年由發明家大卫·布儒斯特所創。[1]
用作比喻義則是1819年的拜伦勋爵從出版社那邊收到一個萬花筒而來。[1]
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编辑名詞
编辑kaleidoscope (複數 kaleidoscopes)
- 萬花筒
- (比喻義) 千變萬化
- 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, 第 1 卷,第 34-35 頁s:
- 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,第 231 頁:
- 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年6月17日, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, 出自 Rail,第 60 頁:
- 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
编辑延伸閱讀
编辑- kaleidoscope在維基共享資源上的資料。維基共享資源
動詞
编辑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)
- (不及物) 以變換的方式移動
來源
编辑- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024年),“kaleidoscope”,《在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)
- “kaleidoscope”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.