| 单词 | christen |
| 释义 | Related topics: Christianitychris·ten /ˈkrɪsən/ verb [transitive] 1 RRCto officially give a child its name at a Christian religious ceremony 为…施洗礼，〔在洗礼仪式上〕为…命名 → baptize She was christened Sarah. 她在受洗时取名萨拉。2 CALL/DESCRIBE ASto give something or someone a name 给…取名 His fans christened him the king of rock. 他的歌迷称他为摇滚歌王。 The new plane has been christened the Hawk. 这架新飞机被取名为“鹰”。3 USE something informal to use something for the first time 首次使用 We haven’t christened the new garden chairs yet. 我们还没用过这些新的花园椅。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuschristen• Renata and Carla are what we were christened.• He took refuge on Christmas Eve at a settlement he christened Bethlehem.• His first wife christened Emily, affectionately and universally known as Pem died on Christmas Day 1988 after 53 years happy marriage.• The band christened her "Mutti" after the German word for mother.• They christened him Patrick John.• Derek christened his new sports car "Lightning."• The third boy, Diem, was born in 1901 and christened Jean-Baptiste in the cathedral at Hue.• She was christened Jessica, but everyone calls her Jess.• The engine was affectionately christened "Puffing Billy".• We christened the new mugs that same night.• Former first lady Barbara Bush officially christened the ship.• Yet, presumably, they would want him to christen their baby?• The troops did not appreciate the lack of comfort on cars 10-21 and christened them cattle-trucks.• Compton proposed that the quantum of light could act as if it were a particle, and he christened this the photon.Origin christen Old English cristnian, from cristen “Christian”, from Latin christianus; → CHRISTIAN2chris·ten verbChineseSyllable its give a name to child Corpus officially |
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