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单词 gesticulate
释义
gesticulate
verb[I]
formal
uk
/dʒesˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/us
/dʒesˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/
to makemovementswithyourhandsorarms, toexpresssomething or toemphasizewhat you are saying:
（说话时）做手势，用手势表达，用动作（或姿态）示意
There was a manoutsidethewindowgesticulatingwildly.有个人在窗外拼命地做手势。
Synonyms
gesture
motion
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gesticulation
(Definition ofgesticulatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

gesticulate| American Dictionary

gesticulate
verb[I]
us
/dʒeˈstɪk·jəˌleɪt/
to makemovementswithyourhandsorarms,esp. tohelpexpresssomething when you arespeaking
(Definition ofgesticulatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgesticulate

gesticulate
The stance leg is nearly immobilized at midtransfer while the trunk gesticulates significantly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the distance a sweep shouts, gesticulating, from a chimney-top, while two cats on a damp slate roof spit and shriek.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He gesticulates with his arms in large and opulent movements in order to accentuate what he says.
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Only when the person gesticulates or manifests their irritation at not being recognized, do you become aware of who they are.
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So yougesticulate, draw pictures or otherwise try to find a common, if primitive, substitute language.
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She ate her lunch, but gesticulated violently when eating.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They constantlygesticulateand gesture, as if reaching out to embrace experience.%!
From theCambridge English Corpus
Or from just stopping whatever one is doing to murmur often incomprehensible words while gesticulating several times a day?
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Now the lift is going down, he naturally thinks that, in the national interest, if he gesticulates enough he will remain airborne.
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He has togesticulateand express himself by writing, because of the dreaded disease on his lungs.
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The majority of peoplegesticulateat other drivers and can be irritating.
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He got up and saw no threatening gestures, but they seemed to be gesticulating in an argument or protest.
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I understand why he is gesticulating in that way.
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Perhaps he will listen to me rather thangesticulatetriumphantly to those sitting behind him.
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However, she left me with a serious physiological dilemma: how to applaud her with one hand while gesticulating angrily to her with the other.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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