单词 | a thanks |
释义 | > as lemmasa thanks c. a thank (formerly also a thanks): an expression of gratitude; a thanking, a thank-you. Now rare. †to pick (get, win) a thank: see pick v.1 14a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanks > an instance or expression of a thankc1400 gramercyc1485 God-a-mercy1549 gratitude1660 thank you1792 mahalo1891 Q1925 asante sana1996 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1984 Vche mon þat he mette, he made hem a þonke For his seruyse. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vii. 139 To thende that they myght haue a thanke & be preysed. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries Pref. sig. Avv Verye manye of those wryters, seke to pike a thanke. a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 119 While Pierce the plowman hopes to pick a thank. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12v Least I should seeme eyther to picke a thanke with men or a quarrel with women. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxvi. 235 I will not..pick my selfe a privat thanke for a publike benefit. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vii. sig. I2 Without a thankes, to be sent hence. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escornifler,..to pick a thanke or carry tales for victuals. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 217 Doeg to picke a thanke with his Master,..told tales of Dauid and Ahimelech. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Seneca's Morals: Of Benefits xv. 123 He..Contents himself with a bare thank for a Requital. a1810 R. Tannahill Poet. Wks. (1846) 67 With his lordship's thank. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Black Knight 47 The children drank, Gave many a courteous thank. < as lemmas |
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