| 单词 | kaleidoscope |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kə'laidəskəup] |
| 解释 | n.万花筒；产生有趣的对称效果 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | kaleidoscope (n.) 1817, literally "observer of beautiful forms," coined by its inventor, Scottish scientist David Brewster (1781-1868), from Greek kalos "beautiful" (see Callisto) + eidos "shape" (see -oid) + -scope, on model of telescope, etc. They sold by the thousands in the few years after their invention, but Brewster failed to secure a patent. Figurative meaning "constantly changing pattern" is first attested 1819 in Lord Byron, whose publisher had sent him one of the toys. As a verb, from 1891. A kaleidophone (1827) was invented by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) to make sound waves visible. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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