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

• It's biblical out there, he says, gesturing towards the Afghan mountains.
  那儿是圣地，他表示，手指阿富汗山脉。
• As you walked into church, you would notice some impressively robed people singing, speaking and gesturing at the far end, either in view of the congregation or else in a partially enclosed space from which they periodically emerged.
  走进教堂，就能看到一些身着长袍的人，非常显眼，在教堂的另一头唱歌、说话、打手势；时而在教堂会众的眼皮底下，时而在一个被围住了一块的地方汇聚。
• "Hey, you two!" she says, gesturing toward a young couple with arms draped around each other's waist.
  “嘿，你们两个！”她喊住了一对相互挽腰的年轻情侣。
• 'Without the highway, we wouldn't dare to develop this,'he says, gesturing toward his fields of corn, eggplant and chili peppers.
  他指着自己种着玉米、茄子和辣椒的地说，如果没有高速公路，我们肯定不敢这么干。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• Tired and slightly ill, esp from working hard The singer pointed to his throat, gesturing fatigue.
  疲惫的，衰弱的尤指因劳累歌唱家指着喉头，示意自己非常疲劳。