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

• 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。
• My students usually call me by my Christian name.
  我的学生们通常用我的教名称呼我。
• 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。
• 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。
• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.
  他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• 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。
• Should I sign using my Christian name?
  我该怎么签，要用到我的教会名字吗？
• "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？”
• 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。
• 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。