| 单词 | gesticulate |
| 释义 | gesticulate (dʒestɪkjʊleɪt ) Word forms: gesticulates , gesticulating , gesticulated verb If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. [mainly written] A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly. [VERB] The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: signal, sign, wave, indicate gesticulation (dʒestɪkjʊleɪʃən )Word forms: uncountable noun We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation and mime. Synonyms: signalling, signing, waving, motioning Collocations: gesticulate wildly Her eyes sparkle as she puts down her cigarette to gesticulate wildly about the static ten-berth trailer on the south coast. The Sun If he signals to a player, he will be reported as 'gesticulating wildly', quite possibly in an 'operatic fashion'. Times, Sunday Times Drenched and increasingly desperate, he gesticulated wildly at his underperforming players, to no effect. Times, Sunday Times They first noticed the plumber as he gesticulated wildly at them out of his van window. The Sun |
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