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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。
户外烧烤聚餐；野餐
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
户外烧烤聚餐；野餐
an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors
We had a cookout in the backyard.
我们在后院搞了一次户外烧烤野餐。
在户外烹饪和享用的非正式餐
an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors
We had a cookout in the backyard to celebrate the long weekend.
我们在后院举办了一次户外烧烤聚餐，庆祝长周末。
The whole neighborhood was invited to the annual summer cookout.
整个社区都被邀请参加一年一度的夏季户外野餐活动。
Please bring some drinks to the cookout tomorrow afternoon.
明天下午请带些饮料来参加户外烧烤聚会。
We had a cookout in the backyard.
我们在后院搞了一次户外烧烤野餐。
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。
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。
Not this
We went to cookout last weekend.
Use this
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。
Not this
We cookouted in the backyard.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
去参加户外烧烤聚餐
We went to a cookout at the park.
我们去公园参加了一场户外烧烤聚餐。
发短 /ʊ/ 音 (如 good, book)
Use cookout naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：cook（烹饪）+ out（户外）= 在户外做饭聚餐，就是野餐烧烤。
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。
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.