英语单词

gesticulate是什么意思

gesticulate

英[dʒe'stɪkjʊleɪt] |美[dʒɛ'stɪkjulet]
    vi.做手势示意或强调
    n.做手势,做示意动作,手势
日语:身振りで示す 法语:gesticuler 德语:gestikulieren 韩语:몸짓을 하다 俄语:gesticular

牛津词典

verb

  1. 做手势;用手势表达;用动作示意
    to move your hands and arms about in order to attract attention or make sb understand what you are saying
    1. He gesticulated wildly at the clock.
      他使劲指着钟打手势。


网络解释

vi. 用姿势示意;(讲话时)做手势 vt. 用手势谈话;做姿势表达



词形变化

现在分词:gesticulating 过去式:gesticulated 第三人称单数:gesticulates 过去分词:gesticulated



双语例句

  1. A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly
    一个戴纸帽的男子在拼命地打手势。
  2. The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground.
    那位建筑师在指着地上的一个洞打手势。
  3. The man continued to gesticulate sadly towards the heavens.
    那人继续悲伤地朝着天空做手势。
  4. We sometimes gesticulate even when talking on the telephone.
    我们有时甚至在打电话时也做手势。
  5. Foreign reporter said that while uses the hand to gesticulate watch tower structure thickness.
    外国记者边说边用手比划着岗台的厚度。
  6. If China conforms to this condition, I thought nobody dares to gesticulate.
    如果中国符合这个条件,我想没有人敢对中国指手画脚。
  7. She holds a wine glass by the bowl and uses it to gesticulate and make points in conversation.
    她喜欢拿着大玻璃杯,在说话的时候用来做手势提出观点;


语源

early 17th cent.: from Latin gesticulat-gesticulated, from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestusaction


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