“电子鞭炮”英语怎么说
名词解释:代替传统鞭炮的环保、安全、无火药、可反复"燃放"的、声音和闪光度与传统鞭炮极为相似的电子产品。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
Chinese people have a tradition of celebrating the Lunar New Year withFireworksto add to the festival atmosphere.
However, traditional firecrackers with suffocating smoke would worsen the already poor air quality. E-firecrackers, with similar costs, emit no pollution and can be reused in the future.
Government departments in many cities have issued circulars, calling on residents to cut firework consumption during the holiday.
中国人历来有过年放鞭炮的传统,以此来增加“年味”。
然而,传统的鞭炮会产生呛人的浓烟,这会让本就糟糕的空气质量变得更差。电子鞭炮的价格和传统鞭炮差不多,但不排放污染物,以后还能循环使用。
许多城市的政府部门都发出通告,呼吁市民在春节期间减少烟花爆竹燃放。
【讲解】
文中的e-firecracker就是“电子鞭炮”的意思,其中“e-”表示electronic(电子的),firecracker解释为“爆竹;鞭炮”,常用复数形式,set off firecrackers或者let off firecrackers都可译为“放鞭炮”。
与之相关的词汇就是firework(烟花,焰火),如:firework display(放焰火);此外,它在口语中还可以解释为“激烈的言辞”,如:There'll be fireworks when he finds out!(他要是发觉了,就会大发雷霆!)。