thank

参见：thanks 和 þank

英语

发音

• 英语发音：thăngk 国际音标^(帮助): /θæŋk/
• (美国) 国际音标^(帮助): [θæŋk]
• (英国) 国际音标^(帮助): [θaŋk]
• (æ-音缩，纽约) 国际音标^(帮助): [θeɪ̯ŋk], [t̪eɪ̯ŋk]

• 音频 (美式)：

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• 韵部：-æŋk

词源1

源自中古英语 thank ← 古英语 þanc (“想法，感谢，满足”) ← 原始日耳曼语 *þankaz (“想法，回忆，感谢”) ← 原始印欧语 *tong-, *teng- (“想”)。与萨特弗里斯兰语 Tonk, 西弗里斯兰语 tank, 荷兰语 dank, 低地德语 Dank, 德语 Dank, 丹麦语 tak, 瑞典语 tack, 法罗语 tøkk, 冰岛语 þökk同源。与thought有关。

名词

thank (复数 thanks)

1. 〈旧〉 鸣谢；想法
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 6:33:

     If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

     如果你们只善待那些善待你们的人，难道有什么可称赞的吗？连罪人也这样做。

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词源2

源自中古英语 thanken, thankien ← 古英语 þancian, þoncian (“感谢”) ← 原始日耳曼语 *þankōną (“感谢”) ← 原始日耳曼语 *þankaz (“想法，感谢”) ← 原始印欧语 *teng- (“想，感觉”)。与萨特弗里斯兰语 tonkje (“感谢”), 西弗里斯兰语 tanke (“感谢”), 荷兰语 danken (“感谢”), 低地德语 danken (“感谢”), 德语 danken (“感谢”), 丹麦语 takke (“感谢”), 瑞典语 tacka (“感谢”), 冰岛语 þakka (“感谢”)同源。与thought有关。

动词

thank (第三人称单数简单现在时 thanks，现在分词 thanking，一般过去时及过去分词 thanked)

1. 〈及物〉 道谢，表示感谢

   She thanked him for the lift.

   她对他载她一程表示感谢。

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed: […]

     稻草人、铁皮樵夫和狮子由衷地感激甘琳达的善良。多萝茜大声说： […]

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 章号 4, 出自 Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

2. 〈及物〉 感谢

   I'll thank you not to smoke in my house!

   我得谢谢您不在我房里抽烟！

   • 1844, The Quarterly Review (volume 74, page 104)

     Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.

3. 〈及物〉 把……归咎于

   We can thank global warming for this weather.

   我们可以把这样的天气归咎于全球变暖。

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, 章号 5, 出自 The Celebrity:

     But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, […] . By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

派生词

• bethank
• thankable
• thankworthy
• unthank

相关词汇

• thanks
• thank you
• think

低地苏格兰语

词源

源自古英语 þancian, þoncian (“感谢”) ← 原始日耳曼语 *þankōną (“感谢”)。

动词

thank (第三人称单数简单现在时 thanks，现在分词 thankin，简单过去时 thankit，过去分词 thankit)

1. 感谢