zoetrope
/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世纪的一种视觉玩具, 由一个内表面有很多画面的圆筒构成, 旋转圆筒可从狭缝中看见连续活动画面）。亦称THAUMATROPE.
词源
mid 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek zōē 'life' + -tropos 'turning'.