单词 | cartoon |
释义 | cartoon —cartoonish, adj. —cartoonist, n. /kahr toohn"/, n. 1. a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest. 2. See comic strip. 3. See animated cartoon. 4. Fine Arts. a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc. adj. 5. resembling a cartoon or caricature: The novel is full of predictable, cartoon characters, never believable as real people. v.t. 6. to represent by a cartoon. v.i. 7. to draw cartoons. [1665-75; < It cartone pasteboard, stout paper, a drawing on such paper, equiv. to cart(a) paper (see CARTE) + -one aug. suffix] |
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