gesture
gesture 英 [ˈdʒestʃə(r)] 美 [ˈdʒɛstʃɚ]
n. 手势 v. 作手势；用动作示意
进行时:gesturing 过去式:gestured 过去分词:gestured 第三人称单数:gestures 名词复数:gestures
- The thing to remember about gesture, whether you're using it as a verb or a noun, is that not only is it a movement of the hands or body, but it's also a movement that has some meaning, intention, or emotion behind it.
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- n. 手势
- v. 作手势；用动作示意
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1. He made arude gesture at the driver of the other car.
他向另外那辆汽车的司机做了个粗野的手势。
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2. They communicated entirely by gesture.
他们完全用手势交流。
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3. It was a nice gesture to invite his wife too.
把他的妻子也请来是友好的表示。
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4. She gestured for them to come in.
她示意让他们进来。
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5. He gestured to me that it was time to go.
他示意（我）该走了。
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6. They gestured that I should follow.
他们示意让我跟在后面。
- gesture (n.) early 15c., "manner of carrying the body," from Medieval Latin gestura "bearing, behavior, mode of action," from Latin gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest). Restricted sense of "a movement of the body or a part of it, intended to express a thought or feeling," is from 1550s; figurative sense of "action undertaken in good will to express feeling" is from 1916.
- gesture (v.) 1540s, from gesture (n.). Related: Gestured; gesturing.
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