(in Hinduism and Buddhism) a god appearing in a physical form 化身（印度教和佛教中化作人形或兽形的神） a picture of a person or an animal that represents a particular computer user, on a computer screen, especially in a computer game or on social media （尤指电脑游戏或社交媒体中的）用户头像
Word Originfrom Sanskrit avatāra ‘descent’, from ava ‘down’ + tar- ‘to cross’.