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

• 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。
• 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。
• "Did he know my father's Christian name was fernand, and his family name mondego?"
  “他知道我父亲的教名叫弗尔南多，姓蒙台哥吗？”
• Should I sign using my Christian name?
  我该怎么签，要用到我的教会名字吗？
• In Christian countries, a Christian name is sometimes used in the same way.
  在信基督教的国家，一个基督教徒的名字有时也用相同的方法。
• If we receive some meat from a Muslim or a Jew or a Christian, we should not ask about it and we should not ask how it was slaughtered or whether the name of Allah was mentioned over it or not.
  如果我们收到穆斯林或犹太人或基督徒的肉食品，我们不应当问及它的来源，或如何屠宰，或是否以诵念安拉之名而宰。
• She walked her son, known as J.C. because his middle name is Christian, to school in the morning with a blue plastic bag containing his lunch and a water bottle.
  她早上步行送儿子去上学时，提着一个蓝色塑料袋，里面装着孩子的午餐和一瓶水。因为儿子的中间名是克里斯蒂安（Christian），大家管他叫JC。
• When I say* "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain I have my share of heartaches which is why I seek His name.
  当我说我是基督徒时，我还是会感到痛如针刺般，但我有主来分担我的心痛，所以我会继续寻求神的名。
• 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？
• To give a first or Christian name to; christen.
  给某人起教名；受洗礼时起名。