¿Significado visual de 'picket'? - aprender con imágenes, ejemplos de la vida diaria

Ilustración visual de picket: Estaca - Image 1

noun

Estaca

A stake driven into the ground.

"a picket fence"

una valla de estacas

property agriculture

noun

Empalamiento

A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

"During the harsh military training, soldiers who disobeyed orders sometimes faced the picket as punishment. "

Durante el duro entrenamiento militar, los soldados que desobedecían las órdenes a veces se enfrentaban al empalamiento como castigo.

law history suffering

noun

Piqueta

A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.

"The mountaineer used a picket to secure the rope before descending the icy slope. "

El montañero usó una piqueta para asegurar la cuerda antes de descender la ladera helada.

sport utensil technical

Ilustración visual de picket: Centinela, puesto de avanzada - Image 1

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noun

Centinela, puesto de avanzada

One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.

"The picket line of security guards prevented unauthorized entry into the building. "

La línea de centinelas de los guardias de seguridad impidió la entrada no autorizada al edificio.

military war position unit

Ilustración visual de picket: Centinela, guardia - Image 1

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noun

Centinela, guardia

(sometimes figurative) A sentry.

"The first picket of security guards arrived before dawn to secure the building. "

El primer centinela de los guardias de seguridad llegó antes del amanecer para asegurar el edificio.

military police

Ilustración visual de picket: Piquete, manifestante - Image 1

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noun

Piquete, manifestante

A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.

"Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent."

Los piquetes normalmente procuran no ser violentos.

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noun

Piquet

The card game piquet.

"My grandparents enjoy playing a game of piquet every afternoon after lunch. "

A mis abuelos les gusta jugar una partida de piquet todas las tardes después del almuerzo.

game

Ilustración visual de picket: Piquetear, hacer piquetes - Image 1

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verb

Piquetear, hacer piquetes

To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.

"The striking workers decided to picket the factory gates, hoping to discourage replacement workers from entering. "

Los trabajadores en huelga decidieron hacer piquetes frente a las puertas de la fábrica, con la esperanza de disuadir a los trabajadores de reemplazo de entrar.

politics business economy society work job organization action government right demand law

Ilustración visual de picket: Cercar con estacas, fortificar con estacas - Image 1

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verb

Cercar con estacas, fortificar con estacas

To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

"The construction crew picked the perimeter of the new schoolyard with wooden pickets to prevent trespassers. "

El equipo de construcción cercó el perímetro del nuevo patio de la escuela con estacas de madera para evitar intrusos.

property architecture

Ilustración visual de picket: Atar a una estaca - Image 1

verb

Atar a una estaca

To tether to, or as if to, a picket.

"to picket a horse"

Atar un caballo a una estaca.

property agriculture

Ilustración visual de picket: Vigilar, proteger - Image 1

verb

Vigilar, proteger

To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.

"The soldiers picketed the perimeter of the training camp to prevent unauthorized entry. "

Los soldados vigilaron el perímetro del campo de entrenamiento para evitar la entrada no autorizada.

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verb

Empalar

To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

"Historical accounts describe soldiers being cruelly picketed as a form of punishment, forced to balance on a sharpened stake for hours. "

Los relatos históricos describen a soldados siendo cruelmente empalados como forma de castigo, obligados a equilibrarse sobre una estaca afilada durante horas.

inhuman suffering war action