gesture / ˈdʒɛs tʃər /

💦中学词汇姿态手势姿势

gesture3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  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.
  2. the use of such movements to express thought, emotion, etc.
  3. any action, courtesy, communication, etc., intended for effect or as a formality; considered expression; demonstration: a gesture of friendship.
  4. 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

ges·tured, ges·tur·ing.

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

ges·tured, ges·tur·ing.

  1. to express by a gesture or gestures.

gesture 近义词

n. 名词 noun

motion as communication

更多gesture例句

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Cultivating an antiracist company culture requires much more than a few gestures.
  4. In the case of Gardner and Collins, they probably hope these gestures across the aisle will help them in their reelection battles.
  5. This symbolic gesture was accompanied by the construction of town halls and various temples.
  6. They could, after all, have just been trying to make a gesture toward inclusiveness.
  7. Induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous.
  8. Warren makes one clearly recognizable gesture to the center, and the centrists make one recognizable gesture to the left.
  9. But the President could easily reposition it as a friendly “pro-gun rights” gesture by outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder.
  10. Several of them make direct eye contact with Tompkins while others gesture suggestively toward their crotches.
  11. But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
  12. She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
  13. There was no vivacity in his putty-coloured features, but there were promptitude and decision in every abrupt gesture.
  14. He even fancied that something of challenge flashed from her, though without definite words or gesture.
  15. In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.