gesticulated

英 [dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪd]

美 [dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪd]

v.  做手势; 用手势表达; 用动作示意
gesticulate的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• The guards gesticulated that he had better not linger there.
  警卫人员作手势，示意他不要在那儿逗留。
• When he reappeared he came over to me and gesticulated toward the telephone.
  当他重新露面时，他向我走来，并对着电话打手势。
• As he became more excited he gesticulated more and more wildly.
  他越激动，就越狂乱地打着手势。