baptism

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n. 浸礼, 洗礼

发音

US /ˈbæptɪzəm/

词形变化

baptisms 复数 baptisms

别名

bapt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.

    洗礼

    浸礼

    可数 不可数 宗教

    The child’s baptism was held at the old church.

    The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.

  2. 2.

    A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.

    可数 不可数 哲学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

sacrament

下位词 5

christening immersion sprinkling affusion aspersion

相关短语

baptism by fire baptism of fire 砲火的洗礼;新兵的第一次战斗经验 baptism of blood baptism of desire hypothetical baptism blood baptism conditional baptism

词源

From Middle English bapteme, baptesme, from Old French batesme or bapteme, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma, “dipping, baptism”), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “I dip in liquid”). Displaced native Old English fulwiht.

来源：wiktionary