zoetrope
noun [ C ] uk/ˈzəʊ.i.trəʊp/ us/ˈzoʊ.i.troʊp/
旋转画筒（过去的一种玩具）
a device used in the past consisting of a cylinder with slits (= long, narrow holes) cut in it and a series of images drawn on the inside. When the cylinder is turned, a person looking through the slits sees the images appear to move.
The museum also has a zoetrope, which reveals a series of moving images as the drum revolves. 馆内还有一个旋转画筒，随着滚筒的旋转，展现出一系列的动态画面。
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- The ad will consist of 10 scenes starting with the use of a zoetrope - an early form of cinema-like experience.
- Elsewhere, for Animal Night Life, he deploys a zoetrope to give the illusion of motion to such mythological figures as a minotaur, a she-wolf and a cherub.
- The top floor is dominated by a zoetrope, a cylindrical device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static images.
- To do this they decided they needed to create the world's biggest zoetrope (a name combining the Greek words for life and turn).