英语词汇“gesture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

gesturegesture1 /ˈdʒɛstʃɚ, ˈdʒɛʃtʃɚ/ ●●○ noun

ETYMOLOGYgesture¹

Origin: 1400-1500 Medieval Latin gestura, from Latin gestus action, gesture, from gerere to bear

COLLOCATIONS► made a ... gesture at

He made a rude gesture at us as he drove by.

1[countable, uncountable] a movement of your arms, hands, or head that shows what you mean or how you feel: He made a rude gesture at us as he drove by.2[countable] something that you do or say to show how you feel about someone or something: The flowers were really a nice gesture.gesture of A flag was burned as a gesture of protest.—gestural adjective

noun | verb

gesturegesture2 ●○○ verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.]

VERB TABLE

gesture

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gesture
	he, she, it	gestures
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	gestured
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have gestured
	he, she, it	has gestured
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had gestured
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gesture
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have gestured

Continuous Form
Present	I	am gesturing
	he, she, it	is gesturing
	you, we, they	are gesturing
Past	I, he, she, it	was gesturing
	you, we, they	were gesturing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been gesturing
	he, she, it	has been gesturing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been gesturing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be gesturing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been gesturing

to move your arms, hands, or head to tell someone something: gesture to/toward/at something Brad gestured toward the door. “Get out.”gesture for somebody to do something Robin gestured for me to move out of the way.