释义 |
rechristen, v.|riːˈkrɪs(ə)n| [re- 5 a.] trans. To christen anew; to rename.
1796Lamb Let. to Coleridge 10 June, Now it is rechristened from a Sonnet to an Effusion. 1822T. L. Peacock Maid Marian 221 He was rechristened without a priest. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome vi. 334 It was deemed advisable to re-christen the district with the old imperial name. |