English Dictionary

cartoon

noun

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. / (comics) A drawing satirising current public figures. / (art) An artist's preliminary sketch.

I love watching cartoon shows on Saturday mornings.

意味（1）

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

意味（2）

(comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.

意味（3）

(art) An artist's preliminary sketch.

意味（4）

(art) A full-sized drawing that serves as the template for a fresco, a tapestry, etc.

意味（5）

(animation) An animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous.

The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

意味（6）

A diagram in a scientific concept.