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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary car·toon \\kär-ˈtün\\ noun USAGE often attributive
ETYMOLOGY Italian cartone pasteboard, cartoon, augmentative of carta leaf of paper — more at card
DATE 1671
1. a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco)2. a. a drawing intended as satire, caricature, or humor a political cartoon b. comic strip 3. animated cartoon 4. a ludicrously simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version the film's villain is an entertaining cartoon• cartoon verb• car·toon·ing noun• car·toon·ish \\-ˈtü-nish\\ adjective• car·toon·ish·ly adverb• car·toon·ist \\-ˈtü-nist\\ noun• car·toon·like \\-ˈtün-ˌlīk\\ adjective• car·toony \\-ˈtü-nē\\ adjective
cartoon
1671, from Fr. carton, from It. cartone "strong, heavy paper, pasteboard," thus "preliminary sketches made by artists on such paper," augmentive of M.L. carta "paper" (see card (n.)). Extension to comical drawings in newspapers and magazines is 1843. Cartoonist first recorded 1880."Punch has the benevolence to announce, that in an early number of his ensuing Volume he will astonish the Parliamentary Committee by the publication of several exquisite designs, to be called Punch's Cartoons!" ["Punch," June 24, 1843]
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishcartoon
noun ADJ. animated, strip VERB + CARTOON draw He draws strip cartoons for ‘The Guardian’. CARTOON + NOUN character | strip | series Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 cartooncar·toon / kB:5tu:n; NAmE kB:r5t- / noun1. an amusing drawing in a newspaper or magazine, especially six about politics or events in the news (报刊中与政治或时事有关的)漫画,讽刺画2. = comic strip 3. (also 7animated car'toon) a film / movie made by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings or models, so that they look as if they are moving 动画片；卡通片: a Walt Disney cartoon 迪斯尼动画片 a cartoon character 动画片人物 4. (technical 术语) a drawing made by an artist as a preparation for a painting 草图；底图
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: cartoon set , or animated cartoon
car·toonI. \(ˈ)kär|tün, -ȧ|t-\ noun( -s) Etymology: Italian cartone pasteboard, cartoon, aug. of carta card — more at card 1. : a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco, painting, mosaic, or tapestry); especially : a drawing in full size usually on paper which is traced or copied on a surface to be used for a final work < tapestry weaves that closely follow the modeling in the cartoon >2. a. : a drawing that is often symbolic and usually intended as humor, caricature, or satire and comment on public and usually political matters < a political cartoon > b. : comic 3a 3. : animated cartoon II. verb( -ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb1. : to make a cartoon or preparatory sketch of 2. : to make simple outline drawings of 3. : to caricature pictorially intransitive verb: to make a cartoon III. noun: a simplistic, unrealistic, or one-dimensional portrayal or version (as of a person) : caricature
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