gesture
英 ['d?est??]
美['d??st??]
- n. 姿态；手势
- vi. 作手势；用动作示意
- vt. 用动作表示
考试真题
- Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also embarrassing moment.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are identical in form but different in meaning in the two cultures.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he indicates height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal
出自-2014年6月听力原文
- By making gestures at strategic points.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- He uses lots of gestures to help make his points clear.
出自-2012年12月听力原文