| 释义 |
ˈthanksˌgiver
[f. as next + giver.]
One who gives thanks.
1621Ainsworth Annot. Song Sol. i. 3 Thankesgivings, in Nehem. 12. 31 [are] for companies of thankesgivers. 1690C. Nesse O. & N. Test. I. 71 The life of thanksgiving is the good life of the thanks-giver. 1818Bentham Ch. Eng. 123 Exhausted by that same grand effort, the stock of thanksgivers is gone. 1883J. Parker Tyne Chylde 270 Thankfulness elevates and ennobles the thanksgiver. |