gesticulate
GRE,1
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
- 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
- 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
- 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。
- 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。
- The man continued to gesticulate sadly towards the heavens.
那人继续悲伤地朝着天空做手势。
- We sometimes gesticulate even when talking on the telephone.
我们有时甚至在打电话时也做手势。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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