gesticulate

英 [dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪt]

美 [dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪt]

v.  做手势; 用手势表达; 用动作示意
n.  做手势; 做示意动作; 手势

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

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BNC.21192 / COCA.27445

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
  1. He gesticulated wildly at the clock.
     他使劲指着钟打手势。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 做手势；用手势表达；用动作示意
  If yougesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words.
  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。

英英释义

verb

• show, express or direct through movement
  1. He gestured his desire to leave
  Synonym:gesturemotion

双语例句

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