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godchild

/god-chahyld/US // ˈgɒdˌtʃaɪld //UK // (ˈɡɒdˌtʃaɪld) //

教子,干子女,教子弟,干儿女

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural god·chil·dren.

    • : a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
    • : a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor.

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Examples

  • Ito, another Leary godchild, told of flying in when he heard his dear friend was about to die.

  • This is a case in which the old town at home remained, of course, much more important than its godchild.

  • If you are chosen godfather, you are expected to send a silver mug to your godchild.

  • Letter has just come, and I am demented about my new godchild!

  • Phineas Finn had been, as it were, adopted by her as her own political offspring,—or at any rate as her political godchild.

  • There were two babies now; and she and Anton had a godchild apiece.