单词：kaleidoscope
n. an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors
考试类型：[GRE]
kaleidoscope的用法和样例：
例句
- A kaleidoscope is an optical toy.万花筒是一种光学玩具。
- The child's wonder at the kaleidoscope never ended.那孩子对万花筒惊讶不已。
- At sunset the sky became a kaleidoscope of colors.夕阳西下时，天空的颜色千变万化。
- He swiftly dismissed the kaleidoscope of memory, oppressed by the urgent need of the present.眼前有急于要办的事逼迫着他，他一下子打消了记忆中的那些千变万化的情景。
经典引文
The word challenging drops into the kaleidoscope of phrases he's tumbling around.
出自：K. WaterhouseHe was no longer the centre of a flashing kaleidoscope of the clever, the beautiful, the worldly.
出自：J. Wain
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