单词 Collocations with gesture 释义

Collocations withgesture

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deictic gestureFirst, a command which requires an active deictic gesture to provide the referent.From theCambridge English Corpusdramatic gestureHere is only one example, notable for combining appropriation of the opponents' dramatic gesture, use of an overlay, and the forgetting, at the climactic moment, of a telegraph wire.From theCambridge English Corpusempty gesturePolicy without financial resources is just an empty gesture.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - Englishfriendly gestureSomeone has to be the first to make a friendly gesture, and in this case perhaps it is up to me.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0futile gestureI do not believe that that is a futile gesture or a foolish error.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0generous gestureThis is a small but generous gesture.From theCambridge English Corpusgesture of defianceHis progress was a calculated gesture of defiance, and his father was #!From theCambridge English Corpusgrand gestureThat is just as vital as making a grand gesture and saying that we will take all excess profits.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0humanitarian gestureThat was a great humanitarian gesture, and one gives credit where credit is due.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0musical gestureHow are we to take this graceless musical gesture?From theCambridge English Corpusnice gestureIt was a nice gesture that was much appreciated by the people involved.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0obscene gestureWaltrip was fined $10,000 and docked 25 points for using an obscene gesture (the fine was later appealed and overturned).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.simple gestureInstead, she performs a symbolic act, a simple gesture.From theCambridge English Corpussmall gestureIn particular, a small gesture on the part of the performer should not trigger an avalanche of sound.From theCambridge English Corpussymbolic gestureSymbolic gesture is significant in a conventional domain of signifieds, of meaning.From theCambridge English Corpustoken gestureOf six debtor states in 1793, only one made a token gesture toward payment.From theCambridge English Corpusvocal gestureUsers push and hold a large play button when they make a vocal gesture.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/collocation/english/gesture##