name someone/something after someone/something
phrasal verb with name verb [ T ] uk/neɪm/ us/neɪm/
(US also name someone/something for someone/something)
用…的名字给…命名
to give someone or something the same name as another person or thing
Paul was named after his grandfather. 保罗的名字跟他的爷爷一样。
She told us about his brother, Apollo, born in 1969 and named for the US astronauts' mission to the moon. 她告诉了我们他哥哥阿波罗的事，他出生于1969年，是以美国宇航员的登月行动来命名的。
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- We named our dogs after Tolkien characters.
- We named all our children after football players.