Значення

значень: 7
  1. (злічуване, незлічуване)A stake driven into the ground.

    a picket fence

    Pfosten, Pfahl, Zaunlatte

    колkol, штаке́тинаštakétina

  2. (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.

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

  4. (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

  5. (злічуване, переносно, іноді, незлічуване)A sentry.

  6. (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

  7. (незлічуване)The card game piquet.

Ще визначення
  • 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: 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.

Русский
За значеннями 3
stake driven into the ground:
soldiers placed forward of position:
protester outside a workplace during a strike:
Deutsch
За значеннями 3
stake driven into the ground:
soldiers placed forward of position:
protester outside a workplace during a strike:

Походження

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

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

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Форми

множина: pickets
Однинаpicket
Множинаpickets

правильне

Синоніми

синонімів: 8
Близькі за значенням
  • 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

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 16

Сполучуваність

шаблонів: 3
  • the picket line
  • cross the picket
  • picket line

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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