名詞 gesture:

1. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
2. the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
   同義詞：motion
3. something done as an indication of intention

動詞 gesture:

1. show, express or direct through movement
   同義詞：gesticulate, motion

1. He put his arm round her in a protective gesture.
   他用一只手臂圍住她做出保護的姿勢。
2. We all dislike her for her imperious gesture.
   因她那傲慢的樣子，我們都不喜歡她。
3. He dismissed people with a lordly gesture.
   他傲慢地讓大家離去。
4. The doctor gestured me to take off my coat.
   醫(yī)生做手勢要我脫去外套。
5. A speaker often makes gestures with his hands or arms to stress something he is saying.
   演講者常用手或手臂做手勢來強調他所說的某些要點。
6. She gestured her disappointment by laying her hand on her forehead.
   她把手放在額頭上，以表示失望。

ges.ture

n.（名詞）
A motion of the limbs or body made to express or help express thought or to emphasize speech.
手勢，姿勢：身體或四肢的動作，以表達或幫助表達想法或強調所說的話
The act of moving the limbs or body as an expression of thought or emphasis.
表情動作：四肢或身體表達思想或強調的動作
An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of intention or attitude:
姿態(tài)，表示：作為禮節(jié)或意圖、態(tài)度的標志的動作或言語：
例句：
sent flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
送花是出于同情的表示

v.（動詞）
ges.tured,ges.tur.ing,ges.tures
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To make gestures.
打手勢
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To show, express, or direct by gestures.
用手勢表現、表達或指導

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Medieval Latin gestôra [bearing]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 gestôra [舉止]
from Latin gestus [from past participle of] gerere [to behave]
源自 拉丁語 gestus [] 源自gerere的過去分詞 [行為]

【引伸】
ges.tural
adj.（形容詞）
ges.turally
adv.（副詞）
ges.turer
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>gesture,gesticulation,sign,signalThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .an expressive, meaningful bodily motion.:
這些名詞共同的中心意思是.一個有表現力的、有意義的肢體動作.：
例句：
an emphatic gesture of disapproval;
一個表式不贊成的強調手勢；

例句：
frantic gesticulations in an attempt to get help;
試圖求援的狂亂的比手畫腳；

例句：
made a sign for silence;
作一個要求肅靜的手勢；

例句：
giving the signal to advance.
給前進的信號