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pic·nic1 /ˈpɪknɪk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1  DFMEALif you have a picnic, you take food and eat it outdoors, especially in the country 野餐 We decided to have a picnic down by the lake. 我们决定在湖边野餐。go on/for a picnic We could go on a picnic today. 我们今天可以去野餐。 a picnic table 野餐桌 There is free parking for visitors, as well as a restaurant and picnic area (=a special area with tables where people can have a picnic). 除了餐厅和野餐区，我们还为游客提供免费停车位。picnic site/spot/place (=a place that is suitable or pleasant for a picnic) 野餐地点 We found a lovely picnic spot by the river. 我们发现河边有一处很好的野餐地点。picnic basket/hamper (=a container in which you can carry food for a picnic) 野餐提篮 ► Don’t say ‘do a picnic’ or ‘make a picnic’. Say have a picnic.不要说 ‘do a picnic’ 或 ‘make a picnic’. 而要说 have a picnic. →4  See picture of 见图 TABLE 12  DF British English the food that you take to eat outdoors on a picnic 野餐食物 We’ll take a picnic with us. 我们会带野餐食物。picnic lunch/tea/supper We ate our picnic lunch by the river. 我们午饭在河边野餐。3  be no picnic informalDIFFICULT if something is no picnic, it is very difficult and needs a lot of effort or hard work 不是件轻松愉快的事 Bringing up six children is no picnic! 带大六个孩子真不是件轻松的事！n COLLOCATIONSverbshave a picnicThey were having a picnic on the beach.go on/go for a picnicIf it’s fine, we’ll go for a picnic.picnic + NOUNa picnic area/site (=a special area with tables where people can have picnics)There is a picnic area next to the car park.a picnic spot/place (=a place that is suitable for a picnic)We found a beautiful picnic spot.a picnic tablea picnic basket/hamper (=a container in which you carry food for a picnic)

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picnic• This isn't going to be a picnic, if I know the press.• It was a beautiful day - we had a picnic by the river.• Let's have a picnic Sunday afternoon.• Pack a picnic lunch and head for the country.• Some campgrounds provide a picnic table right outside your door.• We took a picnic down to the beach.• Since then much has been done to improve and protect the area including a new information and exhibition centre and picnic areas.• They were easy, scenic and had plenty of beautiful picnic spots.• Until there we are on the bare boards downstairs, with candles and Calorgas and a deli picnic on a paper plate.• Wherever this train will go on its next run, there will be open space for picnics and baseball.• We ended up buying a cheap gas picnic stove for which cartridges were sold everywhere - and luckily it did us proud.• Climb to the summit of even an inaccessible peak and you will find a jolly picnic party already up there before you.• In summer, we sometimes go on picnics together.• You can see families on outings alongside the drive below you, looking like ants at their own picnic.have ... picnic• Walk the farm and orchards trails and have a picnic under the apple trees.• Its grounds have picnic areas, river boats, swimming pools and playgrounds.• It was there in order that people might have a picnic by a monument, on just such a day as this.• I was just going to have a picnic.take ... picnic• Break your journey, take a picnic, or follow a way-marked walk.• Sara and Jenny arrived just before lunch at Moorlake, taking a picnic meal with them.

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picnic2 verb (picnicked, picnicking) [intransitive]  DFMEALto have a picnic 野餐 We picnicked on the beach. 我们在海滩上野餐。 —picnicker noun [countable] The area is very popular with picnickers. 那个地区很受野餐者的欢迎。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

picnic• A few miles outside Idar I found a meadow by the side of the Nahe where I could picnic.• There were also numerous places at which to eat, and places to picnic, and wonderful car parking arrangements.• Perhaps they used to picnic here, Sabine thought.• There are pleasant waterside and wooded areas to picnic in and extensive play areas for children.• A family picnics in the grass.• Several young couples were picnicking on the beach.Origin picnic1 (1700-1800) French pique-nique

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pic‧nic¹ /ˈpɪknɪk/ noun [countable]
1. if you have a picnic, you take food and eat it outdoors, especially in the country:
    We decided to have a picnic down by the lake.
    go on/for a picnic
    We could go on a picnic today.
    a picnic table
    There is free parking for visitors, as well as a restaurant and picnic area (=a special area with tables where people can have a picnic).
    picnic site/spot/place (=a place that is suitable or pleasant for a picnic)
    We found a lovely picnic spot by the river.
    picnic basket/hamper (=a container in which you can carry food for a picnic)
  ► Do not say ‘do a picnic’ or ‘make a picnic’. Say have a picnic.
2. British English the food that you take to eat outdoors on a picnic:
    We’ll take a picnic with us.
    picnic lunch/tea/supper
    We ate our picnic lunch by the river.
3. be no picnic informal if something is no picnic, it is very difficult and needs a lot of effort or hard work:
    Bringing up six children is no picnic!
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ have a picnic They were having a picnic on the beach.
   ▪ go on/go for a picnic If it's fine, we'll go for a picnic.
■ picnic + NOUN
   ▪ a picnic area/site (=a special area with tables where people can have picnics) There is a picnic area next to the car park.
   ▪ a picnic spot/place (=a place that is suitable for a picnic) We found a beautiful picnic spot.
   ▪ a picnic table
   ▪ a picnic basket/hamper (=a container in which you carry food for a picnic)
     

THESAURUS

■ types of meal
   ▪ breakfast a meal that you eat in the morning
   ▪ brunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch
   ▪ lunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the day
   ▪ tea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening
   ▪ dinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening
   ▪ supper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English
   ▪ picnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier
   ▪ barbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors
   ▪ snack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
   ▪ side dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetables: I’ll have the salad as a side dish.
   ▪ course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert: a three-course meal

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picnic² verb (past tense and past participle picnicked, present participle picnicking) [intransitive]
to have a picnic:
    We picnicked on the beach.
—picnicker noun [countable]:
    The area is very popular with picnickers.