animate
US: /ˈænəˌmeɪt/, /ˈænəmət/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
animate /'ænimit/- tính từ
- có sinh khí, có sức sống
- nhộn nhịp, náo nhiệt
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho sống, làm cho có sinh khí
- làm nhộn nhịp, làm náo nhiệt, làm sinh động, làm sôi nổi
- cổ vũ, làm phấn khởi
Advanced English dictionary
verb, adjective+ verb [VN]
1 to make sth more lively or full of energy: A smile suddenly animated her face.
2 [usually passive] to make models, toys, etc. seem to move in a film/movie by rapidly showing slightly different pictures of them in a series, one after another
+ adjective (formal) living; having life: animate beings
Antonym: INANIMATE
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 activate, enliven, invigorate, stimulate, inspirit, excite, stir, vitalize, spark, vivify, revitalize, breathe life into, innervate:
A little enthusiasm would have animated their dull relationship.
2 inspire, inspirit, stimulate, actuate, move, motivate, incite, rouse, arouse, excite, fire (up), encourage, energize, vitalize, spur (on or onwards):
He spent the few minutes before the battle in animating his soldiers.
adj.
3 lively, spirited, vivacious, animated, quick:
A courser more animate of eye, Of form more faultless never had been seen.
4 alive, moving, breathing, Archaic quick:
Although they move, plants are not considered to be animate.
Concise dictionary
animates|animated|animating'ænɪmeɪtverb
+heighten or intensify
+give lifelike qualities to
+make lively
+give new life or energy to
adj.
+belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
+endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
+endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
