1、gest- "behave, act" + -ic + -ul-(diminutive) + -ate.
2、字面含義:action, behavior. => posture, manner of carrying the body, action undertaken in good will to express feeling.
英文詞源
gesticulate (v.)
c. 1600, from Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture" (see gesticulation). Related: Gesticulated; gesticulating.
雙語例句
1. They shout and gesticulate tremendously but cannot agree.
他倆指手劃腳,大吵大鬧,相持不下.
來自辭典例句
2. If China conforms to this condition, I thought nobody dares to Chinato gesticulate.
如果中國符合這個條件, 我想沒有人敢對中國指手畫腳.
來自互聯網
3. Now, we should see for ourselves if we gesticulate more righty than lefty.
現在我們需要看看我們人類自己是否用右手做手勢的時候多于用左手的時候.
來自互聯網
4. Foreign reporter said that while uses the hand to gesticulate watch tower structure thickness.
外國記者邊說邊用手比劃著崗臺的厚度.
來自互聯網
5. When we often speak of quality, just often gesticulate to the quality of industrial product.