Word
cookout
户外烧烤聚餐；野餐
an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors
- 1.
an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors
在户外烹饪和享用的非正式餐
在户外烹饪和享用的非正式餐；在外面野餐的郊游
In use
We had a cookout in the backyard to celebrate the long weekend.
The whole neighborhood was invited to the annual summer cookout.
Please bring some drinks to the cookout tomorrow afternoon.
have a cookout
We had a cookout in the backyard.
我们在后院搞了一次户外烧烤野餐。
go to a cookout
We are going to a cookout at the park this weekend.
这个周末我们要去公园参加一次户外烧烤野餐。
at a cookout
I met an old friend at a cookout.
我在一次户外烧烤野餐上遇到了一位老朋友。
Common mistakes
We went to cookout last weekend.We went to a cookout last weekend.
cookout 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词，因此学习者容易遗漏。加上 a 后句子才完整自然。
We cookouted in the backyard.We had a cookout in the backyard.
cookout 是名词，不是动词，不能直接当作谓语动词使用。表示“举行户外烧烤聚会”要用 have a cookout。
Connections
Collocations
- family cookout
- 家庭户外烧烤聚餐
- We're having a family cookout this Saturday.我们这周六要举行一次家庭户外烧烤聚餐。
- backyard cookout
- 后院烧烤聚餐
- They invited us to a backyard cookout.他们邀请我们去参加后院烧烤聚餐。
- host a cookout
- 举办户外烧烤聚餐
- Our neighbors hosted a cookout for the whole street.邻居们为整条街举办了一次户外烧烤聚餐。
- summer cookout
- 夏季户外烧烤聚餐
- This is the perfect dessert for a summer cookout.这是夏季户外烧烤聚餐的完美甜点。
- neighborhood cookout
- 邻里户外烧烤聚餐
- The annual neighborhood cookout is always fun.一年一度的邻里户外烧烤聚餐总是很有趣。
- go to a cookout
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：cook（烹饪）+ out（户外）= 在户外做饭聚餐，就是野餐烧烤。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：后院烧烤聚会、公园野餐、朋友或家庭聚会 cookout 多用于非正式口语，指在户外（如自家后院、公园）进行的烧烤或野餐聚会。正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end with the same /aʊt/ sound in their final syllable as the '-out' of cookout (/ˈkʊˌkaʊt/). The '-out' spelling is transparent in each. Beware lookalikes: 'cook' sounds like /kʊk/, not /kuːk/, and 'route' is often /ruːt/ in American English, so judge by sound rather than spelling.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.