英语词汇“pick a thank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†a. transitive. to pick a thank (also thanks): to curry favour. Cf. pickthank n. and adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)]

flatter1340

to claw the back ofc1394

to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422

clawc1425

to claw by the sleeve1509

to claw by the backa1542

fawna1568

to make or pay (one's) court to1590

adulate1612

hug1622

sycophant1637

to make up to1701

to whip it in with1702

cultivate1706

incense1708

to wheedle in with1726

to grandfather up1747

slaver1794

toad1802

to play up to ——1809

nut1819

toady1827

bootlick1846

to suck up to1860

lickspittle1886

jolly1890

bum-suck1918

arse-lick1919

to cosy up to1937

brown-nose1948

ass-kiss1951

ass-lick1962

love-bomb1976

α.

1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) v. 49 Some wycked theare weare, at his exitation, (To picke a thanke of hym their soueraygne) That prompted Walter after this fashyon.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12^v 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.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 418 Some..that would now perchance pick them thank without desert.

1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. i. 19 Some make it their sport to do ill Offices, others do them only to pick a thank.

1706 Let. to Author Memorial State of Eng. 23 What Occasion..there could be for your picking Thanks and Faults at the same time upon the Account of these Gentlemen I cannot any Way discover.

β. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 399 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 154 In [al] the world so louynge tendrenesse Is noon, as is the loue of a womman To hir chyld namely &..To hire housbonde also, where-of witnesse We weddid men may bere..And so byhoueth a thank vs to pyke.a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3048 A þank to pike, His lordys wil and witte he iustifieth.?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. vii. sig. f.ij^v Let her stoppe her eares vnto suche as tell her ill of her husbande, and thynke they do hit but to pyke a thanke.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Pet. ii. f. xvii^v False prophetes..whiche eyther to pyke a thanke at y^e princes hande, or elles..for hatred of other, prophecied the thinge, whiche the spirite of God spake not.1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries Pref. sig. Av^v Manye of those wryters, seke to pike a thanke.

单词	pick a thank
释义	> as lemmas to pick a thank (also thanks) †a. transitive. to pick a thank (also thanks): to curry favour. Cf. pickthank n. and adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 α. 1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) v. 49 Some wycked theare weare, at his exitation, (To picke a thanke of hym their soueraygne) That prompted Walter after this fashyon. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12^v 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. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 418 Some..that would now perchance pick them thank without desert. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. i. 19 Some make it their sport to do ill Offices, others do them only to pick a thank. 1706 Let. to Author Memorial State of Eng. 23 What Occasion..there could be for your picking Thanks and Faults at the same time upon the Account of these Gentlemen I cannot any Way discover. β. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 399 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 154 In [al] the world so louynge tendrenesse Is noon, as is the loue of a womman To hir chyld namely &..To hire housbonde also, where-of witnesse We weddid men may bere..And so byhoueth a thank vs to pyke.a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3048 A þank to pike, His lordys wil and witte he iustifieth.?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. vii. sig. f.ij^v Let her stoppe her eares vnto suche as tell her ill of her husbande, and thynke they do hit but to pyke a thanke.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Pet. ii. f. xvii^v False prophetes..whiche eyther to pyke a thanke at y^e princes hande, or elles..for hatred of other, prophecied the thinge, whiche the spirite of God spake not.1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries Pref. sig. Av^v Manye of those wryters, seke to pike a thanke. extracted from pickv.¹ to pick (get, win) a thank †to pick (get, win) a thank: see pick v.¹ 14a. Obsolete.extracted from thankn. < as lemmas
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