In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.

在北美的聋人文化中，许多听众不是通过拍手，而是在空中挥舞双手来表示鼓掌。

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Applause: approval expressed especially by the clapping of hands.

鼓掌，喝彩：尤指以鼓掌来表示的赞许。

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It galvanised a tired end-of-festival audience into forming, spontaneously, a giant dance circle joining hands being a Celtic form of applause that is as common as clapping.

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Before one encore, the drummer gestured to the audience to up its applause, and fans obliged, turning polite clapping into a roar.

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