gesticulating

英 [dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪŋ]

美 [dʒeˈstɪkjuleɪtɪŋ]

v.  做手势; 用手势表达; 用动作示意
gesticulate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 做手势；用手势表达；用动作示意
  If yougesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words.
  1. A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly...
     一个戴纸帽的男子在拼命地打手势。
  2. The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground.
     那位建筑师在指着地上的一个洞打手势。

英英释义

adj

• making gestures while speaking
  1. her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary

双语例句

• But pearl, not a whit startled at her mother's threats, any more than mollified by her entreaties, now suddenly burst into a fit of passion, gesticulating violently, and throwing her small figure into the most extravagant contortions.
  珠儿刚才对她母亲的请求无动于衷，此时对母亲的吓唬也毫不惊惶；却突然大发脾气，做出激烈的姿态，把她小小的身躯弄得七扭八歪。
• The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground.
  那位建筑师在指着地上的一个洞打手势。
• He noticed a man behind him in a blue Ford gesticulating to pull over.
  他注意到身后一个开蓝色福特车的男人正打手势要靠边停车。
• The traditional opera is a comprehensive art that includes singing, gesticulating, elocution and acrobatics.
  戏曲是一门综合艺术，它包括唱、念、做、打。
• A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly
  一个戴纸帽的男子在拼命地打手势。
• He declaims like an orator on a barricade, rolling the words on his tongue and gesticulating with his short arms.
  他像个站在街垒上的演讲者一样高谈阔论，嘴里滔滔不绝，短胳膊比划着。
• Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to$ 10.
  那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。
• Her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary.
  她做着姿势的手和手臂使语言变得几乎不必要了。
• There did not appear to be any girls among them, though outside the gate several dozen girls were standing in clusters some distance away, shouting and gesticulating excitedly.
  那人堆里，好像没有什么女工，厂门外倒有几十个女工，一小堆一小堆地远远站着，指手划脚地嚷闹。
• He prefers large glasses, or bottles, which he uses as symbolic weapons, firmly grasped, and gesticulating in a threatening," in the face "kind of way.
  他们喜欢大酒杯或者喝瓶装酒，也是他们象征意义上的武器，抓得很牢，表达一种当面威胁的姿势。