| 词汇 | collocation_english_gesture |
| 释义 | Collocations with gestureThese are words often used in combination with gesture. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. deictic gesture First, a command which requires an active deictic gesture to provide the referent. dramatic gesture Here is only one example, notable for combining appropriation of the opponents' dramatic gesture, use of an overlay, and the forgetting, at the climactic moment, of a telegraph wire. empty gesture Policy without financial resources is just an empty gesture. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English friendly gesture Someone has to be the first to make a friendly gesture, and in this case perhaps it is up to me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 futile gesture I do not believe that that is a futile gesture or a foolish error. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 generous gesture This is a small but generous gesture. gesture of defiance His progress was a calculated gesture of defiance, and his father was #! grand gesture That is just as vital as making a grand gesture and saying that we will take all excess profits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 humanitarian gesture That was a great humanitarian gesture, and one gives credit where credit is due. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 musical gesture How are we to take this graceless musical gesture? nice gesture It was a nice gesture that was much appreciated by the people involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 obscene gesture Waltrip was fined $10,000 and docked 25 points for using an obscene gesture (the fine was later appealed and overturned). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. simple gesture Instead, she performs a symbolic act, a simple gesture. small gesture In particular, a small gesture on the part of the performer should not trigger an avalanche of sound. symbolic gesture Symbolic gesture is significant in a conventional domain of signifieds, of meaning. token gesture Of six debtor states in 1793, only one made a token gesture toward payment. vocal gesture Users push and hold a large play button when they make a vocal gesture. 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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