gesticulate

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英 [dʒe'stɪkjʊleɪt] 美[dʒɛ'stɪkjulet]

释义

vi. 用姿势示意；（讲话时）做手势

vt. 用手势谈话；做姿势表达

词态变化

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

助记提示

1、gest- "behave, act" + -ic + -ul-(diminutive) + -ate.
2、字面含义：action, behavior. => posture, manner of carrying the body, action undertaken in good will to express feeling.

英文词源

gesticulate (v.): c. 1600, from Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture" (see gesticulation). Related: Gesticulated; gesticulating.

双语例句

1. They shout and gesticulate tremendously but cannot agree.: 他俩指手划脚,大吵大闹,相持不下.

2. If China conforms to this condition, I thought nobody dares to Chinato gesticulate.: 如果中国符合这个条件, 我想没有人敢对中国指手画脚.

3. Now, we should see for ourselves if we gesticulate more righty than lefty.: 现在我们需要看看我们人类自己是否用右手做手势的时候多于用左手的时候.

4. 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.

5. When we often speak of quality, just often gesticulate to the quality of industrial product.: 我们每每谈到质量的时候, 往往都只是对工业产品的质量指指点点.

英英释意

1. show, express or direct through movement;: "He gestured his desire to leave"

实用场景例句

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

[可数名词, 不可数名词] wild/frantic gesticulations: 发狂似的手势

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。

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。

If China conforms to this condition, I thought nobody dares to Chinato gesticulate.: 如果中国符合这个条件, 我想没有人敢对中国指手画脚.

Now, we should see for ourselves if we gesticulate more righty than lefty.: 现在我们需要看看我们人类自己是否用右手做手势的时候多于用左手的时候.

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.

They shout and gesticulate tremendously but cannot agree.: 他俩指手划脚,大吵大闹,相持不下.

When we often speak of quality, just often gesticulate to the quality of industrial product.: 我们每每谈到质量的时候, 往往都只是对工业产品的质量指指点点.