Christen

(v. t.) To baptize and give a Christian name to.

(v. t.) To give a name; to denominate.

(v. t.) To Christianize.

(v. t.) To use for the first time.

手打:威特

• Young Mr. Turveydrop's name is Prince; I wish it wasn't, because it sounds like a dog, but of course he didn't christen himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Her Ladyship was godmother to Mrs. Dobbin's child, which bore her name, and was christened by the Rev. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Boffin's Bower is the name Mrs Boffin christened it when we come into it as a property. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Then he moved to Havre, where he would have greater opportunity to try out his torpedo-boats, as he christened them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The name makes me think of poor Isabella; for she was very near being christened Catherine after her grandmama. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Why christened Pleasant, the late Mrs Riderhood might possibly have been at some time able to explain, and possibly not. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• No, not christened Pip. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Had she been a mother she would have christened her boys such names as Saul or Sisera in preference to Jacob or David, neither of whom she admired. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Jane came first, then George Sedley Osborne, then Maria Frances, and the days of the christening of each. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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