animation
/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the state of being full of life or vigour; liveliness生气, 活泼; 热烈：
they started talking with animation.
他们开始热烈交谈。
1.1
- chiefly archaic the state of being alive〈主古〉活, 生
2
- the technique of filming successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence动画拍摄。
2.1
- （亦作computer animation）the manipulation of electronic images by means of a computer in order to create moving images电脑动画制作。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'encouragement'）： from Latin animatio（n-）， from animare 'instil with life' （see animate）. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.