a person or group of people who stand outside the entrance to a building in order to protest about something, especially in order to stop people from entering a factory, etc. during a strike; an occasion at which this happens （罢工期间纠察妥协分子的）纠察员，纠察队；罢工警戒 Five pickets were arrested by police. 五名纠察队员被警方逮捕。 I was on picket duty at the time. 当时我正执行罢工的纠察工作。 a mass picket of the factory 工厂的大规模罢工纠察队
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2, Working lifec2They organized a mass picket of the governor's palace. 他们组织了总督府的大规模罢工纠察队。 angry people with picket signs 带着纠察标志的愤怒人群
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- flying
- organize
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a soldier or group of soldiers guarding a military base （军营的）警戒哨，警戒队，哨兵 a pointed piece of wood that is fixed in the ground, especially as part of a fence （尤指栅栏的）尖木桩，尖板条 a picket fence 尖板条栅栏
Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a pointed stake, on which a soldier was required to stand on one foot as a military punishment): from French piquet ‘pointed stake’, from piquer ‘to prick’, from pic ‘pike’.