意味(日本語)

万華鏡 ◇Gk.kalos(＝美しい)＋eidos(＝形)＋scope

語源

• scept-、 scop-、spec- : Gk.skeptikos = 思慮深い skeptesthai = 考察、検討する

意味(英語)

• (noun) 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.
• (noun) A constantly changing set of colors.
• (noun) A series of changing phases or events: a kaleidoscope of illusions.

例文

• It was displayed in kaleidoscope for all the world to see at those Diamond Jubilee celebrations, in which men in varied uniforms gathered from all the far corners of the seven seas to march in procession and do honour to the great Queen Empress.