animate

Word family

an·i·mate1 /ˈænəmət/ adjectiveadj formal

LIVING/ALIVEliving 有生命的，活的 OPP inanimate

animate beings

生物

Examples from the Corpus

animate• For most philosophers of classical antiquity the world was both animate and divine.• At this age, children are still unable to distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.• The whole Universe animate and inanimate, past, present and future is within me.• That the environment is not animate enough to want to communicate with us is irrelevant.• For, instance, inanimate objects are typically easier to identify than animate objects.• An hour later he was in Chesney, having seen no animate thing but two bumble bees and a rook.• They were animate, versatile, and extremely fast.

an·i·mate2 /ˈænɪmeɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

LIVING/ALIVEto give life or energy to something 赋予…生命；使有生气[活力]

Laughter animated his face for a moment.

笑容使他的脸上一时增添了生气。

Examples from the Corpus

animate• The same basic principles of animation can be applied when animating 3-D objects, where in fact perspective is usually built-in anyway.• Visitors animate the street and are catered for, but only the quietness is disturbed and the village remains unspoiled.

Origin animate1

(1300-1400) Latin past participle of animare “to give life to”, from anima; → ANIMAL1