gesturing

英 [ˈdʒestʃərɪŋ]

美 [ˈdʒestʃərɪŋ]

v.  做手势; 用手势表示; 用动作示意
gesture的现在分词

COCA.42140

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 手势；姿势；示意动作
  Agestureis a movement that you make with a part of your body, especially your hands, to express emotion or information.
  1. Sarah made a menacing gesture with her fist...
     萨拉用拳头做了一个威胁性的动作。
  2. He throws his hands open in a gesture which clearly indicates his relief.
     他摊开双手，明确表示他已如释重负。
• N-COUNT （表明态度或意图的）姿态，表示
  Agestureis something that you say or do in order to express your attitude or intentions, often something that you know will not have much effect.
  1. He questioned the government's commitment to peace and called on it to make a gesture of good will...
     他对政府致力和平的承诺提出质疑，并呼吁政府做出友好的表示。
  2. There's not greater gesture of love than having someone's name tattooed on your body...
     没有比将某人姓名文到身上更绝妙的示爱方式了。
  3. As a gesture to security, cars were fitted with special locks.
     出于安全上的考虑，这些汽车装上了专用锁。
• VERB 打手势；用手势表示；用动作示意
  If yougesture, you use movements of your hands or head in order to tell someone something or draw their attention to something.
  1. I gestured towards the boathouse, and he looked inside...
     我朝船库方向示意，他便往里面瞧了瞧。
  2. He gestures, gesticulates, and moves with the grace of a dancer.
     他举手投足之间流露出舞者的优雅。

双语例句

• 'Some people like that and others don't. But there are some people for whom it's completely incompatible,' Mr. Putin said, gesturing toward his wife.
  普京说，有些人喜欢这样，有些人不喜欢。但对有些人来说则是完全不能相容的。他朝自己的太太示意了一下。
• When we arrived we were greeted by a local who could only mention he was from Nepal? After another hour and some hand gesturing we were eventually put onto a seaplane back to Male.
  当我们到达我们的是由当地的人只会提到他来自尼泊尔吗？一个小时后，我们终于被指手放到一个水上回男。
• In parts of East Asia, gesturing is considered boorish behaviour, and would be rude in a professional setting.
  在有些东亚地区，使用手势被认为是粗鲁的行为，而且在职业场合中会很无礼。
• The singer pointed to his throat, gesturing fatigue.
  歌唱家指着喉头，示意自己非常疲劳。
• Over the years, more nonsense has been written about gesturing than about any other aspect of speech delivery.
  多年以来，人们写的关于打手势的废话，比演讲的任何其它方面的都要多。
• They would think I was crazy, he says, gesturing with his bony hands.
  他们可能觉得我疯了，他一边说一边用他那瘦骨嶙峋的双手比划着。
• Tired and slightly ill, esp from working hard The singer pointed to his throat, gesturing fatigue.
  疲惫的，衰弱的尤指因劳累歌唱家指着喉头，示意自己非常疲劳。
• 'Without the highway, we wouldn't dare to develop this,'he says, gesturing toward his fields of corn, eggplant and chili peppers.
  他指着自己种着玉米、茄子和辣椒的地说，如果没有高速公路，我们肯定不敢这么干。
• Its not just the individual gestures that can cause miscommunication, but the rate of gesturing.
  不仅是这些单个的手势可以造成错误传达，还有手势的使用程度。
• It's biblical out there, he says, gesturing towards the Afghan mountains.
  那儿是圣地，他表示，手指阿富汗山脉。