an occasion when people pack a meal and take it to eat outdoors, especially in the countryside 野餐 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
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- church
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the meal, usually consisting of sandwiches, salad and fruit, etc. that you take with you when you go on a picnic 野餐食物 Let's eat our picnic by the lake. 咱们到湖边去吃野餐吧。 a picnic lunch 午间野餐 a picnic basket 野餐提篮 We took a picnic and spent the day watching the races. 我们带着野餐食物,观看了一天比赛。 Will you help me make a picnic? 你愿意帮我准备野餐食物吗?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- school
- church
- …
- go for
- go on
- have
- …
- basket
- bench
- blanket
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent. (denoting a social event at which each guest contributes a share of the food): from French pique-nique, of unknown origin.
Idioms
be no picnic
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to be difficult and cause a lot of problems Topics Difficulty and failurec2可不容易;不是好玩的