| 释义 |
thanking, vbl. n. arch.|ˈθæŋkɪŋ|
[f. thank v. + -ing1.]
The action or an act of giving thanks; the expression of gratitude; thanks.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. iv. [viii.] §2 To wundrianne þæt þa Egipti swa lytle þoncunge wiston Iosepe. c950Lindisf. Gosp. John vi. 23 Ðoncunge dedon Drihtne. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 170 He underfeng ða lac mid ðancunge. 1382Wyclif Matt. xxvi. 27 He takynge the cuppe, dede thankyngis. c1420–30Prymer (1895) 51 Whanne þei ben hool, þei moun ȝelde þankyngis to þee in þi chirche. 1508Bp. Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. cii. Wks. (1876) 190 Gyuynge thankynges vnto hym. 1611Shakes. Cymb. v. v. 407 He would haue well becom'd this place, and grac'd The thankings of a King. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi W. i. 239 We thank you that ye first unlatched the door, But will not make it inaccessible By thankings on the threshold. |