noun🔗Share杭A stake driven into the ground."a picket fence"杭の柵propertymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share杭打ちの刑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 pickets as punishment, forced to stand on sharp stakes until they collapsed. "過酷な軍事訓練中、命令に背いた兵士は、罰として杭打ちの刑に処せられることがあり、鋭い杭の上に倒れるまで立たされることを強いられました。lawactionhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareピッケA tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls."The mountaineer hammered the pickets deep into the icy slope for safety. "登山家は安全のために、氷の斜面にピッケを深く打ち込んだ。sporttechnicalitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share歩哨, 警戒部隊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 general ordered the pickets to be stationed around the perimeter of the camp to watch for any sign of the approaching enemy. "将軍は、迫り来る敵の兆候を監視するために、キャンプの周囲に警戒部隊を配置するよう命じました。militarypositionwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share歩哨, 見張り(sometimes figurative) A sentry."The security guards acted as pickets, watching the entrances for any suspicious activity. "警備員は歩哨として行動し、不審な活動がないか入り口を監視しました。militarypolicepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareピケット、ストライキ参加者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."ピケットは通常、非暴力的に行動しようと努めます。politicsgovernmentsocietyworkorganizationeconomylawactionpositiongroupstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareピケThe card game piquet."During the rainy afternoon, they decided to stay inside and play pickets. "雨の午後の間、彼らは中にいてピケをすることに決めた。gameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareピケを張る、ストライキをするTo protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment."The union workers picketed the factory to demand better wages. "組合員はより良い賃金を要求するために、工場の前にピケを張った。politicsorganizationjobbusinesseconomyindustrysocietyworkactiondemandrightChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share杭で囲むTo enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes."The construction crew picked the perimeter of the new playground with wooden pickets to keep children safe. "建設作業員は、子供たちの安全を守るために、新しい遊び場の周囲を木の杭で囲みました。propertyarchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share杭に繋ぐTo tether to, or as if to, a picket."to picket a horse"馬を杭に繋ぐ。propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share見張る, 警備するTo guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket."The soldiers picketed the road leading to the town, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. "兵士たちは町に通じる道を警備し、誰も出入りできないようにした。militarypolicewarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share杭に立たせるTo torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.inhumansufferingwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
