| 词源 |
phantasmagoria. The word is defined as “a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or created by the imagination,” but it can also mean “a chang- ing scene made up of many elements.” It was apparently coined in 1802 by a London showman named Philipstal to describe his magic-lantern exhibition of optical illusions. The word may be based on phantasm or phantom, but “the inventor of the term probably only wanted a mouth-filling and startling term . . .” and no clear etymology is known. |