來自詞根bapt, 浸。指一種基督教或其它宗教的重要儀式。見baptism of fire, 戰火洗禮。
英文詞源
baptism (n.)
c. 1300, bapteme, from Old French batesme, bapteme (11c., Modern French baptême), from Latin baptismus, from Greek baptismos, noun of action from baptizein (see baptize). The -s- restored in later 14c.
Figurative sense is from late 14c. The Anglo-Saxons used fulluht in this sense (John the Baptist was Iohannes se Fulluhtere). Phrase baptism of fire "a soldier's first experience of battle" (1857) translates French baptême de feu; the phrase originally was ecclesiastical Greek baptisma pyros and meant "the grace of the Holy Spirit as imparted through baptism." Later it was used of martyrdom, especially by burning.
雙語例句
1. All the family attended the baptism of the first grandchild.
家庭所有成員都參加了第一個孫子的洗禮儀式.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
基督教的洗禮儀式是一種象征性的做法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. That was my baptism into weather wisdom.
那是我第一次預測天氣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. It was Mark's first introduction to royal duties and he came through his baptism of fire unscathed.
這是馬克第一次承擔皇室的工作，但他經受住了嚴峻的考驗。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Baptism is one of the sacraments in the Christian Church.