zoetrope
zoetrope
[ˈzəʊɪtrəʊp]
noun
[ˈzəʊɪtrəʊp]
noun
- a 19th-century optical toy consisting of a cylinder with a series of pictures on the inner surface that, when viewed through slits with the cylinder rotating, give an impression of continuous motion
旋转画筒（19世纪的一种玩具画筒，内表面有很多画面，回转时从狭缝中可见连续活动画面）。 亦称 thaumatrope
- mid 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek zōē 'life' + -tropos 'turning'
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