| 单词 | gesticulate |
| 释义 | gesticulate (once / 1751 pages) v When you gesticulate, you make sweeping and excited movements with your hands when speaking. Someone describing a scary car accident might gesticulate wildly. The verb gesticulate is related to the noun gesture. Gesture has stress on the first syllable, and gesticulate has the stress on the second syllable. Gesticulate, which comes from the Latin gesticulus meaning "to mimic," describes animated movements people make in conversation — with and without words. People who gesticulate could be said to talk with their hands! WORD FAMILYgesticulate: gesticulated, gesticulates, gesticulating, gesticulation+/gesticulating: gesticulatingly/gesticulation: gesticulations USAGE EXAMPLESOne guy spends 10 minutes in there, running around, gesticulating wildly. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) In person, Missoni gesticulates grandly as she converses — a trait often perceived as a national Italian characteristic. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) Mr. Finn gesticulated wildly in his usual manner, shouting to himself and the crowd even when he wasn’t shouting into the microphone. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) v show, express or direct through movement Syn|Hypo|Hyper gesture, motion wink signal by winking exsert, extend, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch outthrust or extend out shrugraise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation clap, spatclap one's hands together acclaim, applaud, clap, spatclap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval bless, signmake the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate nodexpress or signify by nodding cross oneselfmake the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion bow, bow downbend one's knee or body, or lower one's head shakeshake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state beckon, wavesignal with the hands or nod hyperextendextend a joint beyond its normal range bravoapplaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava' conge, congeeperform a ceremonious bow communicate, intercommunicate transmit thoughts or feelings |
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