腊八节，喝粥别忘学英语

今天是农历腊月初八，传说这天是佛祖成道之日，佛寺取谷物和枣、栗、莲子等干果熬粥供佛，后来流行于民间。
《中国语言文化背景汉英双解词典》提供了“腊八粥”的释义和背景知识，如果用英语介绍腊八粥、腊八节，可以这么说：
A cereal porridge with dried fruits like dates, chestnuts and lotus seeds. It was first prepared on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in Buddhist temples as an offering to Shakyamuni, who, according to legend, became a saint that day. Later the cereal porridge became a food of the common people.

《新时代汉英大词典》（第2版）中也有与腊八相关的多个词条，腊八醋、腊八蒜怎么说？一起来看看吧！

腊an ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th month of the lunar year; (hence the) 12th lunar month
腊尽春回。Spring returns after the 12th lunar month is over. 
腊八 laba, the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
腊七腊八，冻掉下巴。It's so cold on the 7th and 8th days of the 12th lunar month that one's chin might fall/drop frozen off one's face. 腊八醋 laba vinegar (vinegar with garlic soaked in it, generally made on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month and eaten when the garlic has turned dark) 腊八蒜 garlic preserved in laba vinegar; laba garlic

腊八豆 beans used in laba porridge (such as red beans, kidney beans, peas, cow peas, etc.); laba beans 腊八米rice, glutinous rice, millet, glutinous millet, sorghum and other cereals used in laba porridge; laba cereals 

腊八粥laba porridge (porridge made with cereals, beans, nuts and dried fruits, eaten on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month by tradition) 

以上文字内容整理自《中国语言文化背景汉英双解词典》和《新时代汉英大词典》（第2版），图片来自网络。


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