v. 为……施洗；给……命名；（非正式）首次使用（christen 的过去式和过去分词）
1.While on Bermuda, John Rolfe's wife had given birth to a daughter who was christened Bermuda, but the child died there.
在百慕大群岛，约翰·罗尔夫的妻子生下了一个女儿，取名百慕大，但这个孩子死在了那里。
2.They christened him Brandy because he made that noise so often.
它们叫他“白兰地”，因为他常常发出那个音。
3.Dart christened the fossil Australopithecus Africanus, meaning the "Southern African ape".
达特给化石命名为非洲南猿，意即“南非类人猿”。
4.You are not, perhaps, aware that I am your namesake? — that I was christened St. John Eyre Rivers?
你也许没有意识到我跟你同姓？我施洗礼时被命名为圣·约翰·爱·里弗斯？
5.She christened him "Homer" for the blind Greek poet who wrote epic poems such as "the Odyssey."
她给命名他“荷马”，源于古希腊盲诗人荷马，荷马的诗作包括《奥德赛》。
6.Did you have your children christened?
你的孩子都受洗了吗？
7.While on Bermuda, John Rolfe's wife had given birth to a daughter who was christened Bermuda, but the child died there.
在百慕大群岛，约翰·罗尔夫的妻子生下了一个女儿，取名百慕大，但这个孩子死在了那里。