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

• Do not address the caller by their Christian name.
  不要称呼来电者的名字，应该叫他的姓。
• 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？
• The bronze statue was created by Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen according to Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale that bears the name.
  “小美人鱼”铜像是丹麦雕塑家爱德华•埃里克森根据安徒生童话《海的女儿》中女主人公的形象用青铜浇铸的，“小美人鱼”这个名字也由此而来。
• To give a first or Christian name to; christen.
  给某人起教名；受洗礼时起名。
• 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。
• This holiday was first to make to remember a christian sage who's name was Valentine.
  这节日原来纪念两位同是名叫华伦泰的基督宗教初期教会殉道圣人。
• 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。
• Teenagers often doodle just their first name or the initial of their Christian name, indicating a desire to break away from the family and do their own thing.
  年轻人经常会写他们的名或是教名的首字母，实际上暗示了他们希望独立并作自己的事情。
• In Christian countries Christian name is often used for first name.
  在基督教国家中，常以教名为名。
• They were on Christian name terms when they were alone.
  他们单独在一起时，以教名相称。