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

• It is my Christian name. She'll understand. '
  不是天使的安琪尔；那是我的名字，她会明白的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• He was the only boy in the school who was known by his Christian name and not his surname.
  他是学校里唯一一个被称呼洗礼名而不是姓氏的男孩儿。
• In Christian countries Christian name is often used for first name.
  在基督教国家中，常以教名为名。