animatronicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌanᵻməˈtrɒnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌænəməˈtrɑnɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: audio-animatronic adj.

Etymology: Short for audio-animatronic adj. Compare earlier animatronics n., animatron n.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the use of animatrons; designating an animatron.

ΚΠ

1976 Washington Post 7 Mar. m2/3 Expensive ride technology—such as the animatronic mechanical figures in the pirates of the Caribbean ride.

1990 20/20 July 21/3 Jim Henson had come up with an animatronic process of remote control for the facial expressions of the turtle heads.

1993 Daily Tel. 27 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xxxiii/8 An automatic piano plays, complete with large-as-life animatronic pianist.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 Jan. (Life section) 3 (caption) Jurassic Park seems one step closer to reality with the arrival of this..animatronic torosaurus.

B. n.

An animatronic model; = animatron n.

ΚΠ

1983 Financial Times 16 Apr. 11/4 A Disney engineer..waxed eloquently on the sophistication of ‘animatronics’... Singing bears, drunken pirates and gambolling elephants do not merely look ‘realistic’; their programmed movements are uncannily natural.

1989 Creative Rev. June 54/3 Sitting in their office in a Winston Churchill-style suit is a life-size animatronic of the Prime Minister, which moves and talks according to the taped programme.

2003 New Yorker 1 Dec. 58/3 When an animatronic doesn't move smoothly, the F/X artists in Winston's shop say it has the ‘wagga waggas’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	animatronic
释义	animatronicadj.n. Brit. /ˌanᵻməˈtrɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌænəməˈtrɑnɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: audio-animatronic adj. Etymology: Short for audio-animatronic adj. Compare earlier animatronics n., animatron n. A. adj. Of or relating to the use of animatrons; designating an animatron. ΚΠ 1976 Washington Post 7 Mar. m2/3 Expensive ride technology—such as the animatronic mechanical figures in the pirates of the Caribbean ride. 1990 20/20 July 21/3 Jim Henson had come up with an animatronic process of remote control for the facial expressions of the turtle heads. 1993 Daily Tel. 27 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xxxiii/8 An automatic piano plays, complete with large-as-life animatronic pianist. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 Jan. (Life section) 3 (caption) Jurassic Park seems one step closer to reality with the arrival of this..animatronic torosaurus. B. n. An animatronic model; = animatron n. ΚΠ 1983 Financial Times 16 Apr. 11/4 A Disney engineer..waxed eloquently on the sophistication of ‘animatronics’... Singing bears, drunken pirates and gambolling elephants do not merely look ‘realistic’; their programmed movements are uncannily natural. 1989 Creative Rev. June 54/3 Sitting in their office in a Winston Churchill-style suit is a life-size animatronic of the Prime Minister, which moves and talks according to the taped programme. 2003 New Yorker 1 Dec. 58/3 When an animatronic doesn't move smoothly, the F/X artists in Winston's shop say it has the ‘wagga waggas’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1976
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