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animation

noun
 
🔊/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/
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  1.  
    [uncountable] the process of making films, videos and computer games in which drawings, models or images of people and animals seem to move（电影、录像、电脑游戏的）动画制作
    • computer/cartoon animation电脑动画／动画片制作
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    Topics Computersb2
  2.  
    [countable] a film in which drawings, models or images of people and animals seem to move动画片
    • The electronic dictionary included some animations.这个电子词典中有一些动画片。🔊🔊
    Topics Film and theatreb2
  3. [uncountable] energy and enthusiasm in the way you look, behave or speak生气；活力；富有生命力
    • His face was drained of all colour and animation.他面如死灰。🔊🔊
    • She talked about her new job with great animation.她用出色的动画谈论了自己的新工作。
    see also suspended animation
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘encouragement’): from Latin animatio(n-), from animare ‘instil with life’, from anima ‘life, soul’. Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent.