2015年英语六级考试关于端午节的词汇集锦

端午节：Dragon Boat Festival

粽子：zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves

雄黄酒：realgar wine

赛龙舟：dragon boat race

佩香囊：wear a sachet. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk thread.

系五彩线：tie five colored rings

驱五毒：drive away the five poisonous creatures/ drive away poisonous pests, includingscorpions, vipers, centipedes, house lizards andtoads.

游百病：prevent disease by having fun/ Entertainment for all is said to ward off disease.

农历五月初五：the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar

楚国：the antient state of Chu

投江自尽：drown oneself

纪念：commemorate

菖蒲：calamus

艾草：wormwood

驱邪避疫：prevent disease or evil