词汇 | gesticulate |
释义 | gesticulate verb[ I ] formaluk /dʒesˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/ us /dʒesˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/ to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are saying: (说话时)做手势,用手势表达,用动作(或姿态)示意 gesticulate wildlyThere was a man outside the window gesticulating wildly.有个人在窗外拼命地做手势。 Synonyms gesture motion Gestures & gesturing air punch air quotes bat beckon bird blow someone a kissphrase flag something/someone down flip flip someone off flip/give someone the birdidiom flourish non-verbal non-verbally peace sign pump someone's handidiom shake shrug signing tongue wink Related wordgesticulation gesticulate | American Dictionarygesticulate verb[ I ] us/dʒeˈstɪk·jəˌleɪt/ to make movements with your hands or arms, esp. to help express something when you are speaking Examples of gesticulategesticulate The stance leg is nearly immobilized at midtransfer while the trunk gesticulates significantly. In the distance a sweep shouts, gesticulating, from a chimney-top, while two cats on a damp slate roof spit and shriek. He gesticulates with his arms in large and opulent movements in order to accentuate what he says. Only when the person gesticulates or manifests their irritation at not being recognized, do you become aware of who they are. So you gesticulate, draw pictures or otherwise try to find a common, if primitive, substitute language. She ate her lunch, but gesticulated violently when eating. They constantly gesticulate and gesture, as if reaching out to embrace experience.%! Or from just stopping whatever one is doing to murmur often incomprehensible words while gesticulating several times a day? Now the lift is going down, he naturally thinks that, in the national interest, if he gesticulates enough he will remain airborne. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has to gesticulate and express himself by writing, because of the dreaded disease on his lungs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority of people gesticulate at other drivers and can be irritating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He got up and saw no threatening gestures, but they seemed to be gesticulating in an argument or protest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand why he is gesticulating in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he will listen to me rather than gesticulate triumphantly to those sitting behind him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, she left me with a serious physiological dilemma: how to applaud her with one hand while gesticulating angrily to her with the other. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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