gesture

名词 gesture:

1. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
2. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
   同义词：motion
3. something done as an indication of intention

动词 gesture:

1. show, express or direct through movement
   同义词：gesticulate, motion

1. He put his arm round her in a protective gesture.
   他用一只手臂围住她做出保护的姿势。
2. We all dislike her for her imperious gesture.
   因她那傲慢的样子，我们都不喜欢她。
3. He dismissed people with a lordly gesture.
   他傲慢地让大家离去。
4. The doctor gestured me to take off my coat.
   医生做手势要我脱去外套。
5. A speaker often makes gestures with his hands or arms to stress something he is saying.
   演讲者常用手或手臂做手势来强调他所说的某些要点。
6. She gestured her disappointment by laying her hand on her forehead.
   她把手放在额头上，以表示失望。

ges.ture

n.（名词）
A motion of the limbs or body made to express or help express thought or to emphasize speech.
手势，姿势：身体或四肢的动作，以表达或帮助表达想法或强调所说的话
The act of moving the limbs or body as an expression of thought or emphasis.
表情动作：四肢或身体表达思想或强调的动作
An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of intention or attitude:
姿态，表示：作为礼节或意图、态度的标志的动作或言语：
例句：
sent flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
送花是出于同情的表示

v.（动词）
ges.tured,ges.tur.ing,ges.tures
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make gestures.
打手势
v.tr.（及物动词）
To show, express, or direct by gestures.
用手势表现、表达或指导

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Medieval Latin gestôra [bearing]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 gestôra [举止]
from Latin gestus [from past participle of] gerere [to behave]
源自 拉丁语 gestus [] 源自gerere的过去分词 [行为]

【引伸】
ges.tural
adj.（形容词）
ges.turally
adv.（副词）
ges.turer
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>gesture,gesticulation,sign,signalThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .an expressive, meaningful bodily motion.:
这些名词共同的中心意思是.一个有表现力的、有意义的肢体动作.：
例句：
an emphatic gesture of disapproval;
一个表式不赞成的强调手势；

例句：
frantic gesticulations in an attempt to get help;
试图求援的狂乱的比手画脚；

例句：
made a sign for silence;
作一个要求肃静的手势；

例句：
giving the signal to advance.
给前进的信号