Thanksgiving
[,θæŋks'ɡɪvɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
(n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Let us adore Him with praise and thanksgiving. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The white vapor of the kiln was passing from us as we went by, and as I had thought a prayer before, I thought a thanksgiving now. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Her Thanksgiving hasn't been a very cheerful one, I'm afraid. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- About this time she was farther cheered by an invitation to spend the Thanksgiving week at a camp in the Adirondacks. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- At first an expression of terror overspread the features of the woman who confronted me--then startled incredulity--hope--thanksgiving. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I rose from the thanksgiving--took a resolve--and lay down, unscared, enlightened--eager but for the daylight. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He had for us all the kindest good-morrow, and most of us for him had a thanksgiving smile. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I turned my prayer to thanksgiving: the Source of Life was also the Saviour of spirits. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- These points had been raised, as usual, at Mrs. Archer's Thanksgiving dinner. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- My devotions that night were all thanksgiving. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- That he ought to be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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