animation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++an·i·ma·tion /ˌænəˈmeɪʃən/ noun 1 AMF[uncountable] the process of making animated films, television programmes, computer games etc 动画制作 They used computer animation in the film. 他们在影片中使用了计算机动画制作。2 [countable] a film, television programme, computer game etc that has pictures, clay models etc that seem to be really moving 动画片；动画游戏 3-D animations 三维动画片3 ENERGETIC[uncountable] liveliness and excitement 兴奋；生气；活跃with animation They were talking with animation. 他们谈得兴致盎然。
Examples from the Corpus
animation• Certainly all reports spoke of genuine smiles on the Girls' faces, of their brightness and animation.• Marco spoke with real passion and animation.• Nodes can contain text, graphics, animation, audio, video, images, or programs.• Disney wanted to fill his studio with artists capable of a more fluid, more realistic animation than had ever been attempted.• When the summer sun shines on them, they become hard and brittle, and enter a state of suspended animation.• Everyone was in a state of suspended animation.• Other classes in the animation series include drawing Disney characters, computer animation and perfecting character voices.an·i·ma·tion nounChineseSyllable
process animated films, making the of Corpus
animation
an‧i‧ma‧tion /ˌænəˈmeɪʃən, ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən/
noun
1. [uncountable] the process of making animated films, television programmes, computer games etc:
They used computer animation in the film.
2. [countable] a film, television programme, computer game etc that has pictures, clay models etc that seem to be really moving:
3-D animations
3. [uncountable] liveliness and excitement
with animation
They were talking with animation.
an‧i‧ma‧tion /ˌænəˈmeɪʃən, ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən/
noun1. [uncountable] the process of making animated films, television programmes, computer games etc:
2. [countable] a film, television programme, computer game etc that has pictures, clay models etc that seem to be really moving:
3. [uncountable] liveliness and excitement
with animation