They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 44 Through the forest
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
handbag
['hænd'bæg]
n. （女用）手提包;旅行包;
💡 hand手+ bag包 → 女用手提包
"She delved in her handbag for a pen."
她在手提包里翻找钢笔。
近义：pocketbook, purse, satchel, bag
n. 野餐郊游;供野餐吃的食品;猪的肩肉;轻松的工作;
vi. 去野餐，参加野餐;野餐式地用餐;在户外用餐;
vt. 用野餐招待;
💡 皮克(pic)和尼克(nic), 野餐一起乐 pic(图片)+nic(nice好):景色好，去 野餐
"Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the rain."
我们的野餐计划因雨受挫.
近义：lunch, snack, eat, cookout, outing, doddle
n. 边;优势;（悬崖、峭壁的）边缘，端;锋利，尖锐;
vt. 在…上加边界;使渐进;给（刀刃）磨边，使锋利;修整;
vi. 慢慢向前移动，侧身移动;
💡 过去(ed)哥哥(ge)在 边缘
"The workers skirted the edge of the cliff on a geological survey."
工人们沿着崖壁作了一次地质勘察.
近义：hone, point, sharpen, strap, strop, taper
n. 森林;丛林;（森林似的）一丛;一片;
vt. 在…造林，使长满树林，使成为森林;
💡 佛(fo)休息(rest)在 森林
"Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year."
每年都有几千公顷的森林遭到破坏。
近义：afforest, wilderness, woodland, woods, selva, grove
反义：badland, barren, wasteland, wilderness, parched, uninhabited
a. 试验过的, 可靠的\\n[法] 已经审讯的, 已经查验的
近义：practiced, proved, proven, seasoned, skilled, tested
反义：unascertained, unchecked, undemonstrated, unfounded, unproven, unsettled