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

• The editor grimaced, gesturing in negation
  编辑一脸苦相，做了个拒绝的手势。
• 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。
• 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。
• "That would be us, 1-2-3," one girl answers, gesturing at the third girl who is still attending the front desk.
  “我们就是：1-2-3，”和我们站在一起的一个小妹说，说3的时候指向一个还在前台的女孩。
• Gesturing to the chair to her left you may sit down.
  指著她左侧的椅子你可以坐下。
• '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。
• The self-promoters those who spoke quickly and at length and used such ingratiation tactics as smiling, gesturing and complimenting others received far more positive evaluations than equally qualified applicants who used tactical modesty, the researchers reported.
  研究人员报告说，那些自我推销者语速快、谈话内容详细，运用微笑、打手势和赞美他人等逢迎战术，他们比那些资质相当、采用谦虚战略的求职者得到的正面评价要多得多。
• Says Stewart, gesturing at her small piles of little white fluke fillets.
  斯图尔特说，指着自己那份精致的白色小鲽鱼鱼片。
• '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。