n motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
n the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
n something done as an indication of intention
v show, express or direct through movement
词态变化
原型:gesture
变形:s3
常见例句
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recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
2
For one to commit douchebaggery, he/she is not limited to but may include some or perhaps all of the following behaviors:\r \r - the wearing of flat-billed baseball caps backwards\r - using an enormous amount of gel to spike the hair porcupine style\r - wearing polo shirts or any other type of shirt with the collar popped, a disgusting gesture that should've died in the 1980s with parachute pants\r - the sideways peace sign gesture\r - overdone pursing of the lips\r - too many visits to the tanning salon\r - pointing at oneself, holding up beer cans, or making other obscenely immature gestures in solo or group photos\r - following trends for the sake of fitting in (see "[goatee]")\r - adding "The" or the suffix "-ster" to one's name, as in "The Rickster"\r \r See [Guido] or perhaps [frat boy] for more
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A complete asshole who makes dumb gestures to people, hence, pointing their finger. > Why do these finger pointer jackasses always point their damn finger when they talk? I guess dumb gestures were always a substitute for using your words.
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v communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language
