gesticulate
英[dʒe'stɪkjʊleɪt]
美[dʒɛ'stɪkjulet]
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自互联网
- 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.
来自互联网
- 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.
来自互联网
- 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.
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