- [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
WordfinderTopics Computersb2 - [countable]
a film in which drawings, models or images of people and animals seem to move 动画片 - [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. 她兴致勃勃地谈论她的新工作。
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.