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词汇 rechristen
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Definition of rechristen in English:

rechristen

verb riːˈkrɪs(ə)nˌriˈkrɪs(ə)n
  • with object and complement Give a new name to.

    重新命名;给…起新名

    the brewery rechristened the pub The Brown Trout

    酿酒厂给这个酒馆重新取名为“棕色鲑鱼”。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was an 18-month, gruelling journey for the elephant which was rechristened Sultan Suleyman by the king after the great enemy of Europe in those days.
    • But careful breeding made it palatable, and it was rechristened Kiwi fruit in New Zealand after its introduction there in the early twentieth century.
    • More news on Andy McCluskey's new project: The girl band formerly known as The Automatic Kittens have now been rechristened Atomic Kitten.
    • Celtic influence in the region gave the town the name of Belfast before it was rechristened Port Fairy in 1887.
    • Even Prodi himself once memorably rechristened the Stability Pact the ‘Stupidity Pact’, when he was President of the European Commission.
    • His father Thomas ran the ABC cinema in York, his mother Ruby, who rechristened herself Robbie, was a teacher.
    • Frank is suddenly back at the top of the charts and his record company signs his girlfriend and rechristens her Furious.
    • Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
    • It was only 8 years down the line that Phil Knight rechristened the shoes he sold as ‘Nike’ - from the Greek goddess of victory.
    • It was only rechristened the Yorkshire Evening Press in 1905, the same year in which the Saturday Football Press first appeared.
    • The food retailing chain had started operating as Pizza Express in the late 90s but was rechristened San Marzano in 2001 (with the exception of the UK).
    • He takes a liking to Frankie, who he rechristens Kid Frankie - everyone in a film like this has to have a nickname - and brings him on board as a chauffeur and general dogsbody.
    • The Men's Institute folded in 1972 and the building was rechristened the Village Hall, although villagers with the longest memories still use the old name.
    • French duke Louis-Phillipe-Joseph rechristened himself Phillipe Egalit in an attempt to save face - literally - after the French Revolution.
    • She didn't become Greta Garbo until Mauritz Stiller, the director who discovered her and took her to Hollywood, rechristened her in 1924.
    • Perhaps Terence Milligan, as he was until he was rechristened during the war (after the spike on the end of his double bass), does not wholly approve of Spike Milligan.
    • But she allowed him to rechristen her Loren - she had been using the name Lazzaro - and send her to drama lessons.
    • Sergent, who knew the pair, wrote the excellent script and takes the part of Bell - whom he rather oddly rechristens Rodney Pump while permitting Smith to keep his own name.
    • Zaire, as the Congo was rechristened, had its natural resources plundered to fund his passion for flashy cars and chartered Concorde flights - this at a time when the country's average annual income was below $120.
    • His colleague F. O. Mathiessen rechristened the mid-nineteenth-century literary flowering in New England as the ‘American Renaissance.’

Definition of rechristen in US English:

rechristen

verbˌrēˈkris(ə)nˌriˈkrɪs(ə)n
  • with object and complement Give a new name to.

    重新命名;给…起新名

    he rechristened Zaire the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was only 8 years down the line that Phil Knight rechristened the shoes he sold as ‘Nike’ - from the Greek goddess of victory.
    • But she allowed him to rechristen her Loren - she had been using the name Lazzaro - and send her to drama lessons.
    • Perhaps Terence Milligan, as he was until he was rechristened during the war (after the spike on the end of his double bass), does not wholly approve of Spike Milligan.
    • More news on Andy McCluskey's new project: The girl band formerly known as The Automatic Kittens have now been rechristened Atomic Kitten.
    • French duke Louis-Phillipe-Joseph rechristened himself Phillipe Egalit in an attempt to save face - literally - after the French Revolution.
    • The Men's Institute folded in 1972 and the building was rechristened the Village Hall, although villagers with the longest memories still use the old name.
    • Celtic influence in the region gave the town the name of Belfast before it was rechristened Port Fairy in 1887.
    • Even Prodi himself once memorably rechristened the Stability Pact the ‘Stupidity Pact’, when he was President of the European Commission.
    • Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
    • Zaire, as the Congo was rechristened, had its natural resources plundered to fund his passion for flashy cars and chartered Concorde flights - this at a time when the country's average annual income was below $120.
    • It was an 18-month, gruelling journey for the elephant which was rechristened Sultan Suleyman by the king after the great enemy of Europe in those days.
    • His colleague F. O. Mathiessen rechristened the mid-nineteenth-century literary flowering in New England as the ‘American Renaissance.’
    • His father Thomas ran the ABC cinema in York, his mother Ruby, who rechristened herself Robbie, was a teacher.
    • He takes a liking to Frankie, who he rechristens Kid Frankie - everyone in a film like this has to have a nickname - and brings him on board as a chauffeur and general dogsbody.
    • It was only rechristened the Yorkshire Evening Press in 1905, the same year in which the Saturday Football Press first appeared.
    • Frank is suddenly back at the top of the charts and his record company signs his girlfriend and rechristens her Furious.
    • But careful breeding made it palatable, and it was rechristened Kiwi fruit in New Zealand after its introduction there in the early twentieth century.
    • The food retailing chain had started operating as Pizza Express in the late 90s but was rechristened San Marzano in 2001 (with the exception of the UK).
    • Sergent, who knew the pair, wrote the excellent script and takes the part of Bell - whom he rather oddly rechristens Rodney Pump while permitting Smith to keep his own name.
    • She didn't become Greta Garbo until Mauritz Stiller, the director who discovered her and took her to Hollywood, rechristened her in 1924.
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