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 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。
• She was gesturing so excitedly that I knew something was wrong.
  她如此激动地直打手势，我知道出问题了。
• 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。
• That must have been what Kyle was gesturing about, John thought to himself.
  这一定就是刚才凯尔那个手势的意思，约翰心想。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Somebody called my name, and I saw a ghost getting in the classroom while gesturing at me! I got off the classroom as quickly as I could.
  有人喊我的名字。我看见一个鬼魂进入教室，还向我做手势！
• Gesturing to the chair to her left you may sit down.
  指著她左侧的椅子你可以坐下。