animate

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they animate
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he / she / it animates
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past simple animated
🔊/ˈænɪmeɪtɪd/
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past participle animated
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-ing form animating
🔊/ˈænɪmeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. animate something to make something more lively or full of energy使具活力;使生气勃勃
    • A smile suddenly animated her face.她嫣然一笑,立显容光焕发。🔊🔊
  2. [usually passive] to make models, toys, images, etc. seem to move in a film, either by rapidly showing slightly different pictures of them in a series, one after another, or by using computer techniques to create moving images把…制作成动画片
    • be animated The much-loved characters have been animated in this new feature film.在这部新的故事片中,备受喜爱的角色已被制作成动画。
    Topics Film and theatrec1
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin animat- ‘instilled with life’, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.

animate

adjective
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  1. living; having life有生命的;有活力的;有生气的
    • animate beings生物
    • Children quickly learn to distinguish between animate and inanimate motion.孩子们很快学会区分生物体和非生物体的运动。
    opposite inanimate
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin animat- ‘instilled with life’, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.