词汇 | gesticulated |
释义 | gesticulated past simple and past participle ofgesticulate 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 beckon bird blow someone a kissphrase flag something/someone down flip flip someone off flip/give someone the birdidiom flourish non-linguistic non-verbal non-verbally peace sign pump someone's handidiom shake signing snap tongue wink Related wordgesticulation Examples of gesticulatedgesticulated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As a taped musician crooned a tune about love and the beauties of nature, the puppet swayed and gesticulated with realistic grace. She ate her lunch, but gesticulated violently when eating. We have shouted and gesticulated many times to the bridge, but we are still waiting to know if anyone can hear us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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