christen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To perform the religious rite of baptism upon; to baptize. transitive
    — The new baby was christened at the village church.
  2. To name. broadly,transitive
    — I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle.
  3. To Christianize. obsolete
    — I must tell you that christianity hath new christened it
  4. To use for the first time. colloquial
    — I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow.
  5. To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid. informal
    — Thus was De Witt's colony, like Austin's, at the mouth of the Colorado, christened in blood, and thus for the moment ended the first effort to found a settlement within its limits.

词形变化

christens present,singular,third-person christening participle,present christened participle,past christened past kersen alternative,dialectal christian alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
christener mischristen rechristen unchristen

词源

From Middle English cristenen, cristnien, from Old English cristnian (“to christen, baptise”), from cristen (“Christen, Christian”) + -nian. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kristenje (“to christen”), Dutch kerstenen (“to christen”), Middle Low German kristenen, kerstenen, karstenen (“to christen”), Danish kristne (“to christen”), Swedish kristna (“to christen”), Icelandic kristna (“to christen”). By surface analysis, Christ + -en.
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