Picket
['pɪkɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake.
(noun.) a wooden strip forming part of a fence.
(noun.) a vehicle performing sentinel duty.
(noun.) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.
(noun.) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work.
(verb.) fasten with a picket; 'picket the goat'.
(verb.) serve as pickets or post pickets; 'picket a business to protest the layoffs'.
艾丽萨校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
(n.) A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
(n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
(n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
(n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
(n.) A game at cards. See Piquet.
(v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.
(v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
(v. t.) To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
(v. t.) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
(v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
校對:雷明顿
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Stake, pale.[2]. (Mil.) Sentinel (on the outposts), guard, watchman, guardsman, sentry.
錄入:朱莉
解釋/意思:
n. a pointed stake used in fortification: a small outpost or guard stationed in front of an army: a number of men sent out by a trades-union to prevent others from working against the wishes or decisions of the union: a game at cards: a punishment inflicted by making a person stand on one foot on a pointed stake.—v.i. to fasten to a stake as a horse: to post a vanguard: to place a picket at or near.—ns. Pick′et-fence a fence of pickets or pales; Pick′et-guard a guard kept in readiness in case of alarm.
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例句/造句/用法:
- They picket them here to feed at night and keep them out of sight in the timber in the daytime, he thought. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- With more or less difficulty he would be conducted to a picket rope outside and fastened there. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He never ate a mouthful of food on the journey except the grass he could pick within the length of his picket rope. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The picket lines were within a few hundred yards of each other. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- A teamster would select at the picket rope five animals of nearly the same color and general appearance for his team. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Pablo shifted the picket pin finally and stood by the horse, not talking now. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The most friendly relations seemed to exist between the pickets of the two armies. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Smith's divisions had encountered the rebel advanced pickets as early as half-past seven. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Of course there was frequent skirmishing between pickets, but no serious battle was fought near either Petersburg or Richmond. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The rebel pickets also said that houses in the city had been pulled down to get material to build these boats with. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Smith was selected for the delicate duty of manning the boats and surprising the enemy's pickets on the south bank of the river. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The bridge was seized by Gross's brigade after a slight skirmish with the pickets guarding it. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Looking across it in the darkness, lighter here in the open from the starlight, he saw the dark bulks of the picketed horses. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I go to see how they have picketed the horses. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- She picketed her steed, hung up her weapons, and warmed herself comfortably by his fire. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The enemy had the east bank of the creek strongly picketed and intrenched, and three brigades of troops in the rear to reinforce them if attacked. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
錄入:莱斯特