gesticulate

英 [dʒe'stɪkjuleɪt] 美 [dʒe'stɪkjuleɪt]

• v. 用姿势(动作)示意；打手势

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 打手势
2. 用姿势示意
3. 用姿势表达（意思）
4. 做手势（示意或强调 ）
5. 用手势表达
6. 用动作示意
7. 用手势谈话
8. 做姿势表达
9. 指手划脚

n. 名词

1. 做手势
2. 做示意动作
3. 手势

英英释义

Verb:

1. show, express or direct through movement;

   "He gestured his desire to leave"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He tried to gesticulate a message.
   他试图用手势来传递信息。
2. He was gesticulating wildly at me, but I could not understand what he was trying to tell me.
   他使劲向我做手势，可是我不明白他的意思。

经典引文

• It was natural when one spoke French to gesticulate, to indicate his men with a wave of the hand.

  出自： C. S. Forester

• A man..gesticulating and coughing to catch her attention.

  出自： M. Roberts

近反义词

【近义词】

• signal 信号
• gesture 手势
• motion 移动
• wave 波浪
• wigwag 摇摆
• sign 手势
• indicate 指示
• point 观点