| 单词 | baptism |
| 释义 | Related topics: Christianitybap·tis·m /ˈbæptɪzəm/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 1. RRCa Christian religious ceremony in which someone is touched or covered with water to welcome them into the Christian faith, and sometimes to officially name them 〔基督教的〕洗礼，浸礼 → christening2 baptism of/by fire FIRSTa difficult or painful first experience of something 火的洗礼，初次的痛苦经历[考验] The campaign has been a baptism of fire. 这场运动等于是一次火的洗礼。 —baptismal /bæpˈtɪzməl/ adjective [only before noun] a baptismal font (=container for holding the water used at baptism) 洗礼盆，圣水盂Examples from the Corpusbaptism• According to Catholic Church statistics, there were about 25,000 baptisms in Havana in 1989.• It is almost impossible to see where events will lead but you are going through a baptism of fire.• He remembered hymns and baptisms down on this lake; religious conversion and arms reaching up in real belief.• He prepares couples for marriage, and children for baptism and communion.• The last three groups were a type of radical Protestant sometimes called Anabaptist, because they did not believe in infant baptism.• For a first Mass it had certainly been a tough baptism.bap·tis·m nounChineseSyllable is someone Christian which religious ceremony a in Corpus |
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