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Kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope
(kaleidoscopes) 1. A kaleidoscope is a toy in the shape of a tube with a small hole at one end. If you look through the hole and turn the other end of the tube, you can see a pattern of colours which changes as you turn the tube round. N-COUNT 2. You can describe something that is made up of a lot of different and frequently changing colours or elements as a kaleidoscope. ...the vivid kaleidoscope of colours displayed in the plumage of the peacock. N-SING: usu with supp, oft N of n
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1. калейдоскоп 2. многообразно и быстро меняющееся зрелище a kaleidoscope of colour and pattern —- калейдоскоп красок и очертаний ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a pattern, situation, or scene that is always changing and has many details or bright colours + of (the kaleidoscope of American ethnic groups) 2 a tube with mirrors and pieces of coloured glass at one end, that shows coloured patterns when you turn it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1817, coined by its inventor, Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), from Gk. kalos "beautiful" + eidos "shape" + -scope, on model of telescope, etc. Figurative meaning "constantly changing pattern" is first attested 1819. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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