picnic

noun

1. 野餐
   an occasion when people pack a meal and take it to eat outdoors, especially in the countryside
   1. It's a nice day. Let's go for a picnic .
      天气不错；咱们去野餐吧。
   2. We had a picnic beside the river.
      我们在河边野餐。
2. 野餐食物
   the meal, usually consisting of sandwiches , salad and fruit, etc. that you take with you when you go on a picnic
   1. Let's eat our picnic by the lake.
      咱们到湖边去吃野餐吧。
   2. a picnic lunch
      午间野餐
   3. a picnic basket
      野餐提篮

verb

1. 野餐
   to have a picnic
   1. No picnicking allowed (= on a sign)
      禁止野餐

1. N-COUNT 野餐；户外用餐
   When people have a picnic, they eat a meal out of doors, usually in a field or a forest, or at the beach.
   1. We're going on a picnic tomorrow...
      我们明天去野餐。
   2. We'll take a picnic lunch.
      我们要到户外用午餐。
2. VERB 野餐
   When people picnic somewhere, they have a picnic.
   1. Afterwards, we picnicked on the riverbank.
      之后，我们在河边野餐。
   2. ...such a perfect day for picnicking.
      适合野餐的好天气
3. PHRASE 不是件轻松（或愉快）的事
   If you say that an experience, task, or activity is no picnic, you mean that it is quite difficult or unpleasant.
   1. Emigrating is no picnic.
      移民不是件轻松的事。

1. It was completely refurbished in 1987, with the addition of a picnic site.
   它在1987年经过了彻底翻修，加盖了一个野餐点。
2. The weather was perfect for a picnic, he told himself, but the thought did nothing to cheer him.
   他告诉自己，那样的天气出去野餐再合适不过了，可是，这丝毫不能让他提起精神来。
3. A foray to your supermarket will supply all the ready-made foods for an excellent picnic.
   去一趟超市就可以将一次完美野餐所需的现成食物置办妥当。
4. He kindly carried our picnic in a rucksack
   他很体贴地背着装有我们野餐食物的背包。
5. Primrose was given an apple, left over from our picnic lunch.
   我们中午野餐剩下的一个苹果给了普丽姆罗丝。
6. We're going on a picnic tomorrow
   我们明天去野餐。
7. We'll take a picnic lunch.
   我们要到户外用午餐。
8. Afterwards, we picnicked on the riverbank.
   之后，我们在河边野餐。
9. Emigrating is no picnic.
   移民不是件轻松的事。
10. We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.
    我们乘坐平底长船溯河而上到格兰切斯特，在草地上举行野餐。
11. They were tidying up the remains of their picnic.
    他们正在收拾野餐后剩下的东西。
12. He took the paraffin stove on a picnic and the ruddy thing wouldn't work.
    他带了那个煤油炉去野餐，但是那个该死的东西根本用不了。
13. I took the kids for a picnic in the park after school.
    放学后我带孩子们去公园野餐。
14. Too often, picnic preparation consists of throwing together some sandwiches and grabbing an apple.
    准备野餐往往不过是随便做几个三明治，再来一个苹果。
15. Our guide unpacked a picnic of ham sandwiches and offered us tea.
    我们的导游打开装着火腿三明治的野餐盒，并给我们倒了些茶水。
16. The weatherman threw a wet blanket on our picnic plan when he forecast rain.
    气象员报有雨，给我们的野餐计划泼了冷水。
17. We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour, which was rather a fly in the ointment.
    当我们正在举行野餐的时候，忽然大雨倾盆，未免大煞风景。
18. He wanted the picnic to be in the midst of the forest.
    他要去森林中野餐。
19. We had lots of fun at the picnic.
    我们在这次野餐中玩得很痛快。
20. Our picnic was marred by intermittent rains.
    我们的野餐被断断续续的降雨给破坏了。
21. He absented himself from the picnic.
    他没去参加野餐。
22. Heavy rain frustrated out our plans for a picnic.
    大雨使我们的野餐计划无法实现。
23. There are many apples in a picnic hamper.
    在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
24. The territory was too expensive for any one purchaser, so the two couples parcelled out a picnic lunch.
    这地方什么都贵，因此，两对夫妇分享一顿野餐。
25. They decided against a picnic in the park.
    他们决定不去公园野餐了。
26. On a picnic, a newspaper answered for tablecloth.
    野餐时报纸可以当桌布用。
27. Most of the class wanted to have a picnic, but three boys dissented.
    班上大部分同学想野餐，但有三位男生不同意。
28. In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked.
    野餐进行中，突然大雨倾盆，每个人身上都湿透了。
29. We did not figure on having so many people at the picnic.
    我们没有料到会有这么多人参加野餐。
30. On a lovely autumn evening we went out on a picnic.
    在一个美好的秋夜，我们外出野餐。

n.

be no picnic

• 可不容易；不是好玩的
  to be difficult and cause a lot of problems
  1. Bringing up a family when you're unemployed is no picnic.
     失了业还要养家可不是容易的事。

noun

1. any undertaking that is easy to do
   1. marketing this product will be no picnic

   Synonym:    cinchbreezesnapduck soupchild's playpushoverwalkoverpiece of cake

2. any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

3. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

   Synonym:    field dayouting

verb

1. eat alfresco, in the open air
   1. We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday