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

• 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。
• No quick, small figure, no gesturing hands. I had sensed her in the air, and into the air she had evaporated.
  我已经在空气中感觉到她的存在，而她却像人间蒸发一样，消失得无影无踪。
• 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。
• She smiled, amused and faintly dismissive, gesturing to the robe on his arm.
  她绕有兴趣地笑笑，略为高傲地指指他手臂上的睡袍。
• 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。
• Gesturing tends to work itself out as you acquire experience and confidence.
  随着经验的积累和信心的增强，你会自然而然地学会打手势。
• VC: ( Gesturing) You gotta ask that guy down there.
  卡特：（打手势）喏，去问那头的家伙吧。
• 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。
• "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。
• 'asked Montana Slim, gesturing to him, the buddy of the men, in this lion's den.
  向他示意问道，人们的好友（佛陀），在这狮子的巢穴。