托福词汇备考之“传统节日类”
备考托福考试,词汇的储备必不可少。今天为大家整理了与中国传统文化相关的一系列词汇,一起学习吧。
传统节日
Traditional Festivals
拜年
paying a New Year call
爆竹
firecracker
鞭炮
a string of small firecrackers
除夕
New Year's Eve
春节
Spring Festival
春联
Spring Festival couplets
(conveying best wishes for the year )
辞旧迎新
bid farewell to the old and usher
in the new; ring out the old year and
ring in the new
大扫除
year-end household cleaning
灯谜
lantern riddles
登高
hill climbing
端午节
Dragon Boat Festival
恭喜发财
May you be prosperous!
/ Wish you all the best!
观灯
viewing the lanterns
贺岁片
New Year film
饺子
dumplings (with meat
and vegetable stuffing )
龙灯舞
dragon lantern dance
庙会
temple fair
年画
New Year picture
年夜饭
family reunion dinner on
Lunar New Year's Eve
清明节
Tomb-sweeping Festival
扫墓
paying respect to the dead
赏菊
enjoying chrysanthemum
赏月
enjoying the full moon
狮子舞
lion dance
压岁钱
money given to children
as a Lunar New Year gift
秧歌舞
yangge dance
元宵
sweet rice-flour dumplings
(eaten on the Lantern Festival )
元宵节
Lantern Festival
月饼
moon cake
植树节
Tree-planting Day
中秋节
Mid-autumn Festival
重阳节
Double Ninth Festival
粽子
a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of
glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves