christened vt. 给…命名(christen过去式)
- The new procedures have been officially christened,so to speak.
新措施可以说已经正式实施了。 - However, if she became the dominant partner, neighbours transferred the power of the slipper to her, and christened her "the old boot".
然而,如果女人在家里占了主导地位,邻里们就会把掌握拖鞋的权力移交给她,并给她取绰号为"旧靴子"。 - Fiona:Oh yes, of course. Members of the congregation have their babies christened here and last month the singer Manina had her first baby christened here.
菲奥纳:用,当然用。会众有人生了孩子,就带来接受洗礼。上个月,歌星马尼娜带她的第一个婴儿到这里受洗。
Christen \Chris"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Christening}.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian,
fr. cristen a Christian.]
1. To baptize and give a Christian name to.
2. To give a name; to denominate. ``Christen the thing what
you will.'' --Bp. Burnet.
3. To Christianize. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.]