“万圣节”英语怎么说
“万圣节”英语怎么说
名词解释:万圣节前夕(英语:All Saints' Day,halloween,拉丁语:Sollemnitas Omnium Sanctorum,希腊语:Άγιοι Πάντες,西班牙语:Día de Todos los Santos,俄语:Собор всех святых)又叫诸圣节,在每年的10月31日,是西方的传统节日。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
Halloween Pumpkin Festival, the first of its kind held in the city, was unveiled at the Shanghai Happy Valley on Friday evening with more than 100,000 pumpkins dotted in the theme park.
The event, running till November 13, aims to provide fun for visitors to enjoy so many displayed pumpkins at Halloween.
These pumpkins of more than 10 varieties, weighing 280 tons, were collected from Shanghai's Songjiang, farm products bases in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, Heilongjiang's Harbin and Jilin's Changchun.
上周五晚,上海欢乐谷迎来了第一个万圣南瓜节,有10万多个南瓜装扮了这一主题公园。万圣南瓜节旨在为游客提供乐趣,让游客在万圣节欣赏到各式各样陈列的南瓜,万圣南瓜节一直要持续要11月13日。这些南瓜有10多个品种,总重达280吨,是从上海松江以及江浙、黑龙江哈尔滨和吉林长春的农产品基地采购的。
【讲解】文中的Halloween 即指万圣节前夜,因为根据天主教教义,11月1日是万圣节(诸圣节)(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day or Hallomass),之后的11月2日则为万灵节(All Souls Day),又称追思亡者节。南瓜(pumpkin)是万圣节的重要代表,有南瓜灯jack-o'-lanterns,南瓜派pumpkin pie,烤南瓜籽roasted pumpkin seeds等。