gesticulate

1. V-I If you gesticulate, you make movements with your arms or hands, often while you are describing something that is difficult to express in words. 打手势[书面]

A man with a paper hat upon his head was gesticulating wildly. 一个戴纸帽的男子在拼命地打手势。

The architect was gesticulating at a hole in the ground. 那位建筑师对着地上的一个洞打手势。

2. gesticulationN-UNCOUNT

We communicated mainly by signs, gesticulation, and mime. 我们主要通过信号、手势和哑剧动作来交流。