英语词汇“picket”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

picketpicket1 /ˈpɪkɪt/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYpicket¹

Origin: 1600-1700 French piquet, from piquer to prick

COLLOCATIONS► crossed picket lines

A few of the nurses crossed picket lines and went back to work.

1 (also picket line) a group of people who stand or march in front of a store, factory, government building, etc. to protest something or to stop people from going to work during a strike: A few of the nurses crossed picket lines and went back to work.2one person in a picket3a soldier or group of soldiers who have the special duty of guarding a military camp → see also picket fence

noun | verb

picketpicket2 verb

VERB TABLE

picket

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	picket
	he, she, it	pickets
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	picketed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have picketed
	he, she, it	has picketed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had picketed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will picket
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have picketed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am picketing
	he, she, it	is picketing
	you, we, they	are picketing
Past	I, he, she, it	was picketing
	you, we, they	were picketing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been picketing
	he, she, it	has been picketing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been picketing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be picketing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been picketing

1[intransitive, transitive] to stand or march in front of a store, factory, government building, etc. to protest something or to stop people from going to work during a strike: Union members picketed the department store when it opened.2[transitive] to place soldiers around or near a place as guards