n.

1. 生氣，活潑，熱烈[U]
   They talked of their holiday plans with great animation.

   他們非常起勁地談著度假計畫。

2. 激勵；興奮[U][S1]
   We felt an animation about the ambitious plan.

   我們對此宏偉規劃感到興奮。

3. 活，生（指狀態）[U]
   suspended animation

   假死（或生活暫停）狀態

4. 卡通片，動畫片；卡通片繪製[C][U]

n.

1. the state of being full of life or vigour.
   ▸chiefly archaic the state of being alive.
2. the technique of filming successive drawings, or positions of model figures, to create a film giving an illusion of movement.
   ▸ (also computer animation) the generation and manipulation of images by means of a computer to create moving images.