n.手勢；姿勢

v.作手勢表達(dá)

Japanese don't use as much gesture as Europeans. 日本人使用手勢沒有歐美人那樣多。

The children were diverted with his funny gesture. 他那滑稽的手勢使孩子們很開心。

He put his arm round her in a protective gesture. 他用一只手臂圍住她做出保護(hù)的姿勢。

He raised his hands in a gesture of despair. 他舉起雙手做出絕望的姿勢。

The doctor gestured me to take off my coat. 醫(yī)生做手勢要我脫去外套。

She gestured her disappointment by laying her hand on her forehead. 她把手放在額頭上，以表示失望。

gesture用作名詞的意思是“手勢,示意動作”,轉(zhuǎn)化為動詞意思是“做手勢”,也可以表示以手勢“示意”。

gesture可用作及物動詞或不及物動詞,用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。

gesture后接介詞at或to表示用手勢示意; 后接“for〔to〕 sb to- v ”結(jié)構(gòu)表示用手勢示意某人做某事。