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。 ■(chiefly archaic)the state of being alive (主 古)活,生
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[as modifier][count noun] 动画拍摄 ■(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
语源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'encouragement'): from Latin animatio(n-), from animare 'instil with life' (see animate) Sense 1dates from the early 19th cent