1 to give a person, usually a baby, a name during a Christian ceremony in which he/she is made a member of the Church （在洗礼中）给…取教名: The baby was christened Simon Mark. 这个婴孩取了教名，叫西门˙马克。 ☞Look at baptize. 参看baptize。

2 to give sb/sth a name 给…取名: People drive so dangerously on this stretch of road that they've christened it ‘The Mad Mile’. 人们在这段路上开车，惊险万状，因此他们称这段路为「亡命大道」。