picket
A stake driven into the groundA stake driven into the ground.
» Tom didn't want to cross the picket line.
Значение
значений: 7(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A stake driven into the ground.
a picket fence
Pfosten, Pfahl, Zaunlatte
колkol, штаке́тинаštakétina
(исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)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.
Vorposten
аванпо́стavanpóst, кордо́нkordón, дозо́рdozór
(исчисляемое, переносно, иногда, неисчисляемое)A sentry.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)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.
Streikposten
пике́тчикpikétčik, пике́тчицаpikétčica
(неисчисляемое)The card game piquet.
- 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
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- a vehicle performing sentinel duty
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
Примеры
предложений: 18Tom didn't want to cross the picket line.
I didn't want to cross the picket line.
I don't want to cross the picket line.
I doubt Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
I doubt that Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 3
По значениям 3
Происхождение
From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).
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Формы
мн. число: picketsСинонимы
синонимов: 8Однокоренные
связанных слов: 16Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым
Сочетаемость
шаблонов: 3- the picket line
- cross the picket
- picket line