gesture是什么意思

n. 姿态；手势

vi. 作手势；用动作示意

vt. 用动作表示

中文词源

gesture 手势

来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture. 指指姿势，手势。

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

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

2. He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture.: 他以近乎父亲的姿态用手托着她的下巴。

3. She bowed her head in a gesture somehow reminiscent of royalty.: 她低头的姿势让人想起皇室风范。

4. They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed.: 在更多人质获得自由之前他们期望看到对方也有相应的表示。

5. There is an enormous sense of mission in his speech and gesture.: 他的一言一行都带着强烈的使命感。