animate
verb- animate something
to make something more lively or full of energy 使具活力；使生气勃勃 - [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，备受喜爱的角色被制成了动画。
- be animated
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin animat- ‘instilled with life’, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.