a person who donates something, especially money to a fund or charity 捐赠者 an anonymous donor has given £25. 一位匿名捐赠者捐了25英镑。 [as modifier]loans from rich donor countries. 来自富有捐献国的贷款。 ■a person who provides blood for transfusion, semen for insemination, or an organ or tissue for transplantation 献血者;捐精者;器官(或组织)捐献者 ■(Chemistry)an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond (化)给(予)体,供体 ■(Physics)an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material (物理)施主;施主性杂质
语源
Middle English: from Old French doneur, from Latin donator, from donare 'give'