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baptism /'baeptizamj'oaeptizam/ n 1 [U] ceremony of sprinkling sb with, or immersing sb in, water, accepting him as a member of the Christian Church and (usu) giving him a name or names (in addition to the family name); [C] instance of this: 浸礼; 洗礼(洒水于某人或将某人浸于水中，以示准许其为基督教徒, 通常并授予教名); 浸礼或洗礼之实例： There were six ~s at this church last week. 此教堂于上周曾为六人施洗礼。 2 (fig) first experience of a new kind of life: (喻)一种新生活的初次经验： a soldier's ~ of fire, his first experience of warfare. 一兵士初次临战之经验。 baptismal /baep'tiz-msl; baep'tizml/ adj of 洗礼的; 浸礼的： ~a/ name/water/font. 洗礼名(水, 盆)。 |