picket 音标拼音: [p'ɪkət] [p'ɪkɪt]
n . 桩,尖桩,前哨
vt . 围住,警戒
vi . 担任纠察
桩,尖桩,前哨围住,警戒担任纠察
picket n 1 :
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [
synonym : {
lookout }, {
lookout man }, {
sentinel }, {
sentry },
{
watch }, {
spotter }, {
scout }, {
picket }]
2 :
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack 3 :
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work 4 :
a vehicle performing sentinel duty 5 :
a wooden strip forming part of a fence [
synonym : {
picket },
{
pale }]
6 :
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake [
synonym : {
picket }, {
piquet }]
v 1 :
serve as pickets or post pickets ; "
picket a business to protest the layoffs "
2 :
fasten with a picket ; "
picket the goat "
Picket \
Pick "
et \,
n . [
F .
piquet ,
properly dim .
of pique spear ,
pike .
See {
Pike },
and cf . {
Piquet }.]
1 .
A stake sharpened or pointed ,
especially one used in fortification and encampments ,
to mark bounds and angles ;
or one used for tethering horses .
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2 .
A pointed pale ,
used in marking fences .
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3 . [
Probably so called from the picketing of the horses .]
(
Mil .)
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise ,
and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy ; --
called also {
outlying picket }.
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4 .
By extension ,
men appointed by a trades union ,
or other labor organization ,
to intercept outsiders ,
and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance . [
Cant ]
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5 .
A military punishment ,
formerly resorted to ,
in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake .
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6 .
A game at cards .
See {
Piquet }.
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{
Inlying picket } (
Mil .),
a detachment of troops held in camp or quarters ,
detailed to march if called upon .
{
Picket fence },
a fence made of pickets .
See def .
2 ,
above .
{
Picket guard } (
Mil .),
a guard of horse and foot ,
always in readiness in case of alarm .
{
Picket line }. (
Mil .)
(
a )
A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals .
(
b )
A rope to which horses are secured when groomed .
{
Picketpin },
an iron pin for picketing horses .
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Picket \
Pick "
et \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Picketed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Picketing }.]
1 .
To fortify with pointed stakes .
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2 .
To inclose or fence with pickets or pales .
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3 .
To tether to ,
or as to ,
a picket ;
as ,
to picket a horse .
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4 .
To guard ,
as a camp or road ,
by an outlying picket .
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5 .
To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake . [
Obs .]
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Piquet \
Pi *
quet "\,
n . [
F .,
prob .
fr .
pique .
See {
Pique }, {
Pike },
and {
Picket }.]
A game at cards played between two persons ,
with thirty -
two cards ,
all the deuces ,
threes ,
fours ,
fives ,
and sixes ,
being set aside . [
Written also {
picket }
and {
picquet }.]
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167 Moby Thesaurus words for "
picket ":
Argus ,
Charley ,
advance guard ,
airplane spotter ,
anchor ,
armed guard ,
bank guard ,
bar ,
beef ,
bind ,
bitch ,
blockade ,
boggle ,
box in ,
boycott ,
bridle ,
bulkhead in ,
call in question ,
chain ,
challenge ,
coast guard ,
complain ,
cordon ,
cordon sanitaire ,
cry out against ,
demonstrate ,
demonstrate against ,
demonstrator ,
demur ,
dismember ,
dispute ,
draw and quarter ,
enchain ,
enclose ,
enter a protest ,
entrammel ,
expostulate ,
fasten ,
fence ,
fence in ,
fetter ,
fire patrolman ,
fire warden ,
fireguard ,
flying squadron ,
forward observer ,
garrison ,
go on strike ,
go out ,
goalie ,
goalkeeper ,
goaltender ,
goon ,
goon squad ,
grill ,
guard ,
guarder ,
guardsman ,
gyve ,
hamper ,
handcuff ,
hedge ,
hem ,
hem in ,
hobble ,
hog -
tie ,
hold out ,
holler ,
hopple ,
howl ,
impale ,
inlying picket ,
jailer ,
keelhaul ,
kick ,
lash ,
leash ,
leg ,
lock out ,
lookout ,
lookout man ,
make fast ,
manacle ,
march ,
moor ,
night watchman ,
object ,
observer ,
outguard ,
outpost ,
pale ,
paling ,
palisade ,
patrol ,
patroller ,
patrolman ,
peg ,
peg down ,
picket line ,
picketer ,
picquet ,
pile ,
pin down ,
pinion ,
post ,
press objections ,
protest ,
protester ,
put in irons ,
rack ,
rail ,
raise a howl ,
rally ,
rear guard ,
remonstrate ,
restrain ,
revolt ,
rope ,
roundsman ,
scout ,
scruple ,
secure ,
security guard ,
sentinel ,
sentry ,
shackle ,
shank ,
shut in ,
shut it down ,
sit down ,
sit in ,
slow down ,
spile ,
spotter ,
squawk ,
stake ,
stanchion ,
state a grievance ,
straitjacket ,
strap ,
strike ,
striker ,
strong -
arm man ,
tar and feather ,
teach in ,
tether ,
tie ,
tie down ,
tie up ,
torture ,
train guard ,
trammel ,
upright ,
van ,
vanguard ,
vedette ,
vertical ,
walk out ,
wall ,
wall in ,
ward ,
warder ,
watch ,
watcher ,
watchkeeper ,
watchman ,
yell bloody murder
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