gestures

英 [ˈdʒestʃəz]

美 [ˈdʒestʃərz]

n.  手势; 姿势; 示意动作; (表明感情或意图的)姿态，表示
v.  做手势; 用手势表示; 用动作示意
gesture的第三人称单数和复数

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

• I am thankful to you and your generous gestures.
  我非常感谢和慷慨的举措。
• The monkey seems to respond to their questions with gestures.
  猴子似乎与手势回应他们的问题。
• These gestures have been spurned.
  这些表示都遭到了拒绝。
• I discovered the power of eye contact, facial expressions, and physical gestures.
  我发现了眼神交流、面部表情和肢体语言的力量。
• Tom mimicked his uncle's voice and gestures perfectly.
  汤姆把他叔叔的声音和姿态模仿得惟妙惟肖。
• Just as one gesture can have many different meanings, so many different gestures can have the same meaning.
  正如一个手势可能有许多不同的意义，许多不同的手势也可能有相同的意义。
• In communication, misunderstanding of gestures or facial expressions tends to cause embarrassment.
  在交流中，对手势或表情的含义的误解往往会引起尴尬。
• We communicated in a medley of foreign words and universal gestures.
  我们边说着外语，边打着通用的手势进行交流。
• He is a marvellous actor; his expressions, movements, and gestures are the best.
  他演得真好，表情是表情，身段是身段，做功是做功。
• In this action-oriented course students will learn to act out some traditional stories and poems through actions and gestures.
  在这个以动作为导向的课程中，学生们将学习把传统的故事和诗歌用动作和手势表演出来。