Christian name

英 [ˈkrɪstʃən neɪm]

美 [ˈkrɪstʃən neɪm]

n.  (西方人的)圣名，教名，洗礼名

牛津词典

noun

• （西方人的）圣名，教名，洗礼名
  (in Western countries) a name given to sb when they are born or when they are christened ; a personal name, not a family name
  1. We're all on Christian name terms here.
     我们这里所有的人都用教名相互称呼。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 教名;洗礼名
  Some people refer to their first names as theirChristian names.
  1. Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name he insisted on addressing me as 'Mr Kennedy'.
     虽然我一再让他叫我的教名，可他执意称我为“肯尼迪先生”。

双语例句

• Your first name, bob, must be the shortened form of a Christian name; isn't it?
  你的名字鲍勃一定是教名的简称；对吗？
• He attached no definite meaning to the word that I am aware of, but used it, like his own pretended Christian name, to affront mankind, and convey an idea of something savagely damaging.
  我很了解，他说出这话并没有什么确定的含义，就和他瞎说个教名一样，只不过以它冒犯他人的尊严，表达某种恶意伤害的意愿。
• Can't you recollect what our father's Christian name was?
  你记不得我们的父亲的教名是什么了吗？
• From then on I always used her Christian name. Compliment your partner on his or her clothes.
  从此，我就一直对她以教名相称。找搭档，根据对方的衣服，互相称赞。
• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.
  他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• A Christian is not just a club member who has one's name registered.
  教友不只是一个登记了名字的会员。
• Nowadays, of course, Hans Christian Andersen is a household name.
  现在，汉斯克里斯蒂安安徒生当然是个家喻户晓的名字。
• But if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.
  但若因是基督徒受苦，却不要羞耻，倒要因着这名荣耀神。
• To give a first or Christian name to; christen.
  给某人起教名；受洗礼时起名。
• They were on Christian name terms when they were alone.
  他们单独在一起时，以教名相称。