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gesture

/jes-cher/US // ˈdʒɛs tʃər //UK // (ˈdʒɛstʃə) //

姿态,手势,姿势,势

Related Words

nod点头,点点头,点头示意,点赞signal信号,信号灯,信号显示,信号的sign签名,符号,标志,签署token象征性的,象征性,象征性的东西,象征indication指示,迹象表明,迹象显示,显示body language身体语言,肢体语言,体态语言,身體語言action行动,采取行动,行动指南,行动上reminder提醒,提醒者,催促,提示expression表情,表现,表达方式,表达salute敬礼,致敬,行礼,致以敬意curtsy屈膝礼,行礼,屈身礼,弯腰bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身wink眨眼,眨眼睛,挤眉弄眼,眨眼间mime哑剧,哑谜,哑巴,默剧intimation暗示,告知书,通知,告知genuflection跪拜,跪拜礼,跪求,打坐wave挥手,挥,挥动,挥舞gesticulation手势,姿态,手势语,姿势shrug耸耸肩,耸肩,耸动,耸立pantomime模拟剧,模拟戏,模拟秀,模拟经营

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
    • : the use of such movements to express thought, emotion, etc.
    • : any action, courtesy, communication, etc., intended for effect or as a formality; considered expression; demonstration: a gesture of friendship.
    • : Digital Technology. a particular movement of the body, typically the fingers or hand, used to control or interact with a digital device: a gesture command;Use a two-finger pinching gesture on your touchscreen to zoom in or out.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ges·tured, ges·tur·ing.

    • : to make or use a gesture or gestures.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ges·tured, ges·tur·ing.

    • : to express by a gesture or gestures.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmotion as communication
Forms: gestures
Synonyms
action行动,采取行动,行动指南,行动上body language身体语言,肢体语言,体态语言,身體語言expression表情,表现,表达方式,表达indication指示,迹象表明,迹象显示,显示nod点头,点点头,点头示意,点赞reminder提醒,提醒者,催促,提示salute敬礼,致敬,行礼,致以敬意sign签名,符号,标志,签署signal信号,信号灯,信号显示,信号的token象征性的,象征性,象征性的东西,象征bow鞠躬,弓箭手,弓箭,躬身curtsy屈膝礼,行礼,屈身礼,弯腰genuflection跪拜,跪拜礼,跪求,打坐gesticulation手势,姿态,手势语,姿势intimation暗示,告知书,通知,告知mime哑剧,哑谜,哑巴,默剧pantomime模拟剧,模拟戏,模拟秀,模拟经营shrug耸耸肩,耸肩,耸动,耸立wave挥手,挥,挥动,挥舞wink眨眼,眨眼睛,挤眉弄眼,眨眼间high sign高标志,高标识,高牌,高标号kinesics运动学,运动医学,运动疗法,运动员sign language手语,手势语,手势语言,符号语言

Examples

  • Deepfake videos are made by feeding hundreds of hours of video of someone into a neural network, “teaching” the network the minutiae of the person’s voice, pronunciation, mannerisms, gestures, etc.

  • If you are close to the couple and want to send a gift, Elaine Swann, founder of the Swann School of Protocol, says the gesture can go a long way.

  • Cultivating an antiracist company culture requires much more than a few gestures.

  • In the case of Gardner and Collins, they probably hope these gestures across the aisle will help them in their reelection battles.

  • This symbolic gesture was accompanied by the construction of town halls and various temples.

  • They could, after all, have just been trying to make a gesture toward inclusiveness.

  • Induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous.

  • Warren makes one clearly recognizable gesture to the center, and the centrists make one recognizable gesture to the left.

  • But the President could easily reposition it as a friendly “pro-gun rights” gesture by outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder.

  • Several of them make direct eye contact with Tompkins while others gesture suggestively toward their crotches.

  • But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.

  • She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.

  • There was no vivacity in his putty-coloured features, but there were promptitude and decision in every abrupt gesture.

  • He even fancied that something of challenge flashed from her, though without definite words or gesture.

  • In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.

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