picket
A stake driven into the groundA stake driven into the ground.
» Tom didn't want to cross the picket line.
Значення
значень: 7(злічуване, незлічуване)A stake driven into the ground.
a picket fence
Pfosten, Pfahl, Zaunlatte
колkol, штаке́тинаštakétina
(злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
(злічуване, незлічуване)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
(злічуване, переносно, іноді, незлічуване)A sentry.
(злічуване, незлічуване)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
(незлічуване)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
Приклади
речень: 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.
Переклади
мов: 5За значеннями 3
За значеннями 3
Походження
From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).
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Форми
множина: picketsСиноніми
синонімів: 8Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 16Уроки до слова
уроків: 1- A1Злічувані та незлічувані іменники — Бо воно може бути незлічуваним
Сполучуваність
шаблонів: 3- the picket line
- cross the picket
- picket line