gesticulate
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gesticulate | |
he / she / it gesticulates | |
past simple gesticulated | |
past participle gesticulated | |
-ing form gesticulating |
to move your hands and arms about in order to attract attention or make somebody understand what you are saying 做手勢;用手勢表達;用動作示意 He gesticulated wildly at the clock. 他使勁指着鐘打手勢。 She was shouting and gesticulating from the other side of the road. 她在路的另一邊大喊大叫,打着手勢。
Extra ExamplesThe officer gesticulated towards the refugees. 那官員朝難民做着手勢。 The other woman was gesticulating at the ambulance. 另一個女子對着救護車做手勢。 He was gesticulating to his players from the sidelines. 他在場外向他的隊員打手勢。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wildly
- at
- to
- towards/toward
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin gesticulat- ‘gesticulated’, from the verb gesticulari, from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus ‘action’.