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picket

/ˈpɪkɪt/

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noun

桩，木桩

A stake driven into the ground.

Examples :

"a picket fence"

用木桩围成的栅栏 (Yòng mùzhuāng wéichéng de zhàlán)

property agriculture

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noun

立桩，尖桩刑罚。

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. "

在严酷的军事训练中，士兵如果违反命令，有时会面临立桩的刑罚。

law history suffering

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noun

雪锥，冰镐。

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. "

登山者在下滑冰坡之前，用雪锥固定绳索。

sport utensil technical

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noun

警戒哨，哨兵

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. "

警戒哨的保安人员阻止了未经授权的人员进入大楼。

military war position unit

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noun

哨兵，岗哨

(sometimes figurative) A sentry.

Examples :

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

第一批负责警戒的保安在黎明前就到达了，以确保大楼的安全。(Dì yī pī fùzé jǐngjiè de bǎo'ān zài límíng qián jiù dàodá le, yǐ quèbǎo dàlóu de ānquán.)

military police

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noun

纠察队员，警戒线

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."

纠察队员通常会努力保持非暴力。

politics government society organization action job economy work law industry business

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noun

皮克牌， pique牌

The card game piquet.

Examples :

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

我的祖父母每天午饭后都喜欢玩一局皮克牌 (pī kè pái)。

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verb

罢工纠察，抗议示威

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. "

罢工的工人们决定在工厂大门前组织罢工纠察，抗议示威，希望以此阻止替代工人进入。

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

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verb

用尖桩围住，设桩栅。

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. "

施工队用木桩在新建的校园周围设桩栅，以防止擅自闯入者。

property architecture

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verb

拴，系。

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

Examples :

"to picket a horse"

把马拴在桩子上

property agriculture

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verb

警戒，设岗，站岗。

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. "

士兵们在训练营周围设岗警戒，以防止未经授权的人员进入。

military police action war

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verb

钉桩，立桩惩罚

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. "

历史记载中描述，士兵曾被残酷地钉桩惩罚，被迫单脚站在尖锐的木桩上长达数小时。

inhuman suffering war action