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picket

/ˈpɪkɪt/

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noun

Колышек

A stake driven into the ground.

Examples :

"a picket fence"

забор из колышков

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noun

Стояние на колу

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

Examples :

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

Во время суровых военных учений солдаты, ослушавшиеся приказов, иногда подвергались стоянию на колу в качестве наказания.

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noun

Ледоруб

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

Examples :

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

Альпинист использовал ледоруб, чтобы закрепить веревку перед спуском по ледяному склону.

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Пикет, дозор

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.

Examples :

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

Пикет охранников предотвратил несанкционированный вход в здание.

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noun

Часовой, дозор

(sometimes figurative) A sentry.

Examples :

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

Первый часовой из службы безопасности прибыл до рассвета, чтобы обеспечить безопасность здания.

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noun

Пикетчик, пикет

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

Examples :

"Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent."

Пикетчики обычно стараются быть ненасильственными.

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noun

Пикет

The card game piquet.

Examples :

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

Мои бабушка и дедушка любят играть в пикет каждый день после обеда.

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verb

Пикетировать, бастовать

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

Examples :

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

Забастовщики решили пикетировать ворота фабрики, надеясь помешать новым рабочим войти.

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verb

Огораживать кольями, укреплять кольями

To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

Examples :

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

Строительная бригада огородила периметр нового школьного двора деревянными кольями, чтобы предотвратить проникновение посторонних.

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verb

Привязывать к колышку

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

Examples :

"to picket a horse"

Привязать лошадь к колышку.

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verb

Охранять, выставлять пикет

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

Examples :

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

Солдаты выставили пикет по периметру учебного лагеря, чтобы предотвратить несанкционированный вход.

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verb

Сажать на кол

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

Examples :

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

Исторические записи описывают, как солдат жестоко сажали на кол в качестве наказания, заставляя их часами балансировать на заостренном колу.

inhuman suffering war action