ピクニック
解説 Definition
屋外で食事を楽しむピクニックという意味です。英語の picnic は、出かけて外で食べる活動やその食事を指し、日本語の「ピクニック」とほぼ同じ使い方をします。
A picnic is an occasion or meal in which people take food outdoors and eat it informally, often in a park or the countryside. The word can refer both to the outing and to the food eaten there.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「ピクニック」とほぼ同じで、have a picnic、go on a picnic、pack sandwiches for a picnic を一まとまりで覚えます。中心は「出かけて屋外で食事を楽しむこと」。単なる外出より食べ物が重要で、picnic lunch や picnic basket も典型的な組み合わせです。
Start with the familiar Japanese ピクニック, then learn the English word through its usual combinations: have a picnic, go on a picnic, pack food for a picnic, a picnic lunch, and a picnic basket. The key image is not merely an outdoor trip but people bringing food and eating it informally in a park or another open place. Picnic may name the whole outing or the meal itself, which explains both The picnic was fun and I packed sandwiches for the picnic.
例文
We had a picnic in the park.
私たちは公園でピクニックをしました。
The picnic was fun.
そのピクニックは楽しかったです。
I packed sandwiches for the picnic.
私はピクニック用にサンドイッチを詰めました。
picnic の類義語・関連語
picnic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
フランス語 pique-nique（17世紀）に由来し、pique（つまむ）+ nique（小さなもの）で「各自が少量の食べ物を持ち寄る食事会」が原義。元は屋内の持ち寄り宴会を指し、屋外の意味は後から加わった。関連語: picket（杭を打つ、同じ piquer 系統）。
Picnic was borrowed into English from French pique-nique in the eighteenth century. The French expression originally referred to a social meal to which participants contributed food or paid a share, and it did not necessarily take place outdoors. Its exact internal formation is not completely certain, though it has traditionally been associated with the idea of picking at small portions. The now-familiar outdoor sense developed later in English and French usage.
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