单词 | christen |
释义 | christen /krɪsn/ [transitive, often passive] to give a name to a baby at a religious ceremony to welcome him or her into the christian church; to give a name to sb/sth(施洗时)为(某人)命名;给(某人)取教名◆the child was christened mary.这个孩子受洗时取名玛丽。◆did you have your children christened?你的孩子都受洗了吗?◆they christened the boat 'oceania'.他们将这条船命名为“大洋洲号”。▸ christening noun [countable] ◆my nephew's christening (= the ceremony in which a baby is christened) 我侄子的洗礼christen/ˈkrɪsn ||; ˈkrɪsṇ/verb[t] 1. to give a person, usually a baby, a name during a christian ceremony in which he/she is made a member of the church (在洗礼中)给…取教名: ◇the baby was christened simon mark. 这个婴孩取了教名,叫西门˙马克。 ☞look at baptize. 参看baptize。 2. to give sb/sth a name 给…取名: ◇people drive so dangerously on this stretch of road that they've christened it ‘the mad mile’. 人们在这段路上开车,惊险万状,因此他们称这段路为“亡命大道”。 christensee ⇨ call/describe as 2 ⇨ name 6 chris·ten /`krɪsṇ; ˈkrɪsən/v [t] be christened to be given your name at a christian religious ceremony soon after you are born [婴儿施洗礼时]被命名为:◇she was christened elizabeth ann. 她受洗时被取名为伊丽莎白·安。 |
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