give name to

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To express (something) in words; to identify by name. transitive
    — […] who may proceed against such Malignants where the Laws are wholy silent, and neither have given name to their fault, nor prescribed any punishment?
  2. To lend one's or its name to (something); to be the source of the name of (something). transitive
    — The ensign of the Duke [of York] was a white rose, that of Henry a red. This gave name to the two houses, whose contentions were now about to drench the kingdom with slaughter.
  3. To give a name to (a person or animal). obsolete,transitive
    — 1568, The Bishops’ Bible, London, Table setting out the genealogy of Adam, And Adam gaue name to the woman, which was made of his ribbe (while he was a sleepe) and called her EVA, as he gaue name to al other creatures.

词形变化

gives name to present,singular,third-person giving name to participle,present gave name to past given name to participle,past
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