托福词汇备考之传统节日类

 　　托福词汇备考。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，下面带来的是有关传统节日的内容，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 usher¹ in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

　　大扫除 year-end household cleaning

　　灯谜 lantern riddles²

　　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

1 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

2 riddles   

n.谜（语）( riddle的名词复数 )；猜不透的难题，难解之谜

参考例句：

• Few riddles collected from oral tradition, however, have all six parts. 但是据收集的情况看，口头流传的谜语很少具有这完整的六部分。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• But first, you'd better see if you can answer riddles. 但是你首先最好想想你会不会猜谜语。 来自辞典例句