baptize
US
UK baptize [sb], also UK: baptise [sb] vtr: often passive (admit into church)
SC 为…受洗入教 wèi shòu xǐ rù jiào
The priest baptized the child into the Catholic Church.
baptize [sb] [sth], also UK: baptise [sb] [sth] vtr: often passive (christen, name)
SC 给…授以教名 gěi shòu yǐ jiào míng
The priest baptised the little girl Eleanor.
牧师为这个小女孩取名为埃莉诺。