Значение

значений: 7
  1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A stake driven into the ground.

    a picket fence

    Pfosten, Pfahl, Zaunlatte

    колkol, штаке́тинаštakétina

  2. (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.

  3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.

  4. (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

  5. (исчисляемое, переносно, иногда, неисчисляемое)A sentry.

  6. (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

  7. (неисчисляемое)The card game piquet.

Ещё определения
  • 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: 18
  1. Tom didn't want to cross the picket line.

  2. I didn't want to cross the picket line.

  3. I don't want to cross the picket line.

  4. I doubt Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.

  5. I doubt that Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.

Переводы

языков: 5
Русский
По значениям 3
stake driven into the ground:
soldiers placed forward of position:
protester outside a workplace during a strike:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
stake driven into the ground:
soldiers placed forward of position:
protester outside a workplace during a strike:

Происхождение

From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).

From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).

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Формы

мн. число: pickets
Ед. числоpicket
Мн. числоpickets

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 8
Близкие по смыслу
  • 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:piquet
  • a wooden strip forming part of a fence:pale
  • a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event:lookoutsentinelsentrywatchspotterscout

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 16

Сочетаемость

шаблонов: 3
  • the picket line
  • cross the picket
  • picket line

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соседние слова
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