n. 万花筒

Kaleidoscope \Ka*lei"do*scope\, n. [Gr. ? beautiful + e'i^dos
form + -scope.]
An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains
loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting
surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its
contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and
symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of
design.

Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the
kaleidoscope. --G. W. Cable.