| 单词 | picket |
| 释义 | picket —picketer, n. /pik"it/, n. 1. a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc. 2. a person stationed by a union or the like outside a factory, store, mine, etc., in order to dissuade or prevent workers or customers from entering it during a strike. 3. a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies or actions, before an embassy, office building, construction project, etc. 4. Mil. a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. 5. Navy , Air Force. an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty. v.t. 6. to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection, imprisonment, etc.: to picket a lawn; to picket captives. 7. to fasten or tether to a picket. 8. to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, store, mine, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration. 9. Mil. a. to guard, as with pickets. b. to post as a picket. v.i. 10. to stand or march as a picket. [1680-90; < F piquet. See PIKE2, -ET] |
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