gesture

英['d?est??] 美['d??st??]

反義詞

復(fù)數(shù):?gestures;第三人稱單數(shù):?gestures;過(guò)去式:?gestured;過(guò)去分詞:?gestured;現(xiàn)在分詞:?gesturing;

1、gest- "behave, act" + -ure.
2、字面含義：action, behavior. => posture, manner of carrying the body, action undertaken in good will to express feeling.

gesture 手勢(shì)

來(lái)自詞根ger, gest, 含有，帶來(lái)，詞源同exaggerate, gesture. 指指姿勢(shì)，手勢(shì)。

gesture: gesture: [15] Originally, a person’s gesture was their ‘bearing’, the way they ‘carried’ themselves: ‘He was a knight of yours full true, and comely of gesture’, Sir Cleges 1410. But by the 16th century it was well on its way via ‘bodily movement’ to ‘bodily movement conveying a particular message’. The word came from medieval Latin gestūra, a derivative of Latin gerere ‘carry, conduct oneself, act’. A parallel derivative was gestus ‘a(chǎn)ction’ (ultimate source of English jest and jester), whose diminutive gesticulus produced English gesticulate [17].
=> gestation, gesticulate, jest, jester
gesture (n.): early 15c., "manner of carrying the body," from Medieval Latin gestura "bearing, behavior, mode of action," from Latin gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest). Restricted sense of "a movement of the body or a part of it, intended to express a thought or feeling," is from 1550s; figurative sense of "action undertaken in good will to express feeling" is from 1916.
gesture (v.): 1540s, from gesture (n.). Related: Gestured; gesturing.

1. Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.: 他們的握手似乎是和解的表示。

2. He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture.: 他以近乎父親的姿態(tài)用手托著她的下巴。

3. She bowed her head in a gesture somehow reminiscent of royalty.: 她低頭的姿勢(shì)讓人想起皇室風(fēng)范。

4. They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed.: 在更多人質(zhì)獲得自由之前他們期望看到對(duì)方也有相應(yīng)的表示。

5. There is an enormous sense of mission in his speech and gesture.: 他的一言一行都帶著強(qiáng)烈的使命感。