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gesticulate

/je-stik-yuh-leyt/US // dʒɛˈstɪk yəˌleɪt //UK // (dʒɛˈstɪkjʊˌleɪt) //

指指点点,指手画脚,指指点点的,比手划脚

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing.

    • : to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing.

    • : to express by gesturing.

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Examples

  • BB-8 moves fluidly and playfully, and K-2SO walks with a lazy gait and gesticulates wildly, while their counterparts move rigidly and precisely.

  • At first he kept his hands behind his back in a tight knot; then he began to gesticulate as he turned.

  • My subordinates may gird their loins to leap and run and gesticulate, shedding their own blood the while in crimson streams.

  • This is particularly the case with people who are somewhat theatrical and hence gesticulate too much.

  • The collar of his coat on the right side had an unpleasant way of flying up whenever he raised his arm to gesticulate.

  • One was talking loquaciously, using his free arm, on which hung a cane, to gesticulate.