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单词 picket
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picket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɪk.ɪt/
aworkerorgroupofworkerswhoprotestoutsideabuildingtopreventotherworkersfrom going inside,especiallybecause they have adisagreementwiththeiremployers:
（罢工时阻止其他工人上班的）纠察队员；纠察队
There were picketsoutsidethefactorygates.工厂门外有一些纠察队员。
picture of picket
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anoccasionon which a pickethappens:
罢工纠察时期
Theunionorganizeda month-long picket.工会组织了长达一个月的罢工纠察。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industrial action
  • abstain
  • anti-strike
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • job action
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • locksomeoneout
  • lockout
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • strikebreaking
  • striker
  • sympathy
  • union-bashing
  • walk
  • walk out
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Related word

picketing
picket
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈpɪk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɪk.ɪt/
toactas or takepartin apicket:
They picketed theburgerrestaurantandhandedoutleafletstopotentialcustomers.
He was notsurprisedwhen hisofficewas picketed.
More examples
  • Demonstrators picketed andchantedoutsidethe company'sannualmeeting.
  • More than 100protesterspicketed thehotelonSaturdayaspartof anationwideboycott.
  • Workers had picketed at theplantfor more than twoweeks,mainlyover health-carecosts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industrial action
  • abstain
  • anti-strike
  • blackleg
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • job action
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • locksomeoneout
  • lockout
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • strikebreaking
  • striker
  • sympathy
  • union-bashing
  • walk
  • walk out
See more results »
(Definition ofpicketfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
picket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪk.ɪt/us
/ˈpɪk.ɪt/
aworkerorgroupofworkerswhoprotestoutsideabuildingtopreventotherworkersfrom going inside,especiallybecause they have adisagreementwiththeiremployers
（罢工时阻止其他工人上班的）纠察队员；纠察队
There were picketsoutsidethefactorygates.工厂门外有一些纠察队员。
anoccasionon which a pickethappens
罢工纠察时期
Theunionorganizeda month-long picket.工会组织了长达一个月的罢工纠察。

picket| American Dictionary

picket
noun[C]
us
/ˈpɪk·ɪt/
(alsopicketer,us/ˈpɪk·ɪ·t̬ər/)
apersonorgroupofpeoplewho have adisagreementwith acompany, usually the one where theywork, and whowalkaround in alineoutsidetheplaceofbusinesstotellotherpeoplenot toenteruntil theproblemissolved:
Three picketsstoodat thefactorygate.

picket

verb[I/T]us
/ˈpɪk·ɪt/
[I/T]The women picketed (outside) thefactoryfor threemonths.
(Definition ofpicketfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

picket| Business English

picket
noun[C]
HR,WORKPLACE
uk
/ˈpɪkɪt/us
(alsopicket line)
agroupofpeoplewhostandoutsidean organization'sbuildingholdingsignstoprotestagainst something. Thepeoplewhoprotestare oftenemployeeswhodisagreewith themanagement:
Therailunionisplanninga 150-person picket of theterminalfor twodaysnextweek.
The newgovernmentwasdeterminedtoavoidareturnto theolddaysofindustrialactionandmasspicketlines.
Mostunionmemberswerereluctanttocrossthe picketline.
stand on/walk the picket lineWespenttwoweekswalkingthe picketline,tryingto getbetterbenefits.
Workersstageda picketoutsidethefactorygates.
Workerspickeduptheirpicketsignsandbegantheirprotest.
Compare
strikenoun
UK
asinglepersonin a picketline:
Policeescortswereprovidedfortankerdriverswho hadexperiencedintimidationby pickets.
Compare
picketer

See also

flying picket
picket
verb[IorT]
HR,WORKPLACE
uk
us
to show anorganizationthat you are notsatisfiedwith them bystandingoutsidetheirbuildingandtryingtopreventpeoplefromenteringand doingbusinesswith them :
The firm'sannualgeneralmeetingwas picketed byunionmembersangryat thedecisiontocutjobs.
Thegrouphasdecidednot to picket until after thetalks.
Compare
strikeverb

picketing

noun[U]uk/ˈpɪkɪtɪŋ/us/-ṱɪŋ/
Theproposednewlawwouldbanpicketing.

See also

secondary picketing
(Definition ofpicketfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpicket

picket
In the end, picketing was much reduced from the summer of 1977.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The police decided to allow only two pickets at each of the two entrances to the works.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While the mobilisation of large numbers of pickets may be advantageous to the union's cause, it also invites problems of disorganisation and indiscipline.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Up until then, the number of pickets present had been small.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The pickets knew what to expect: they'd been warned it could turn nasty, and it did.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, in a classic piece of understatement, viewers are informed that the cavalry charge" clearly worried the pickets".
From theCambridge English Corpus
The courts have invented new laws, as in the new liabilities to restrain picketing during the miners' strike.
From theCambridge English Corpus
During the strike, the police found them to be a useful device with which to restrict the freedom of movement of pickets.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The following year, a police cordon prevented pickets from approaching a coach carrying workers out of a site.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Telephone links with local police camps were snapped; attempts were made to blow up police pickets with gas cylinders.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Further violent demonstrations by mass pickets led to £525,000 additional fines being imposed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When mass picketing continued a further £100,000 fine was levied and the union's assets were sequestrated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As the horses came back, pickets threw half-bricks at them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Secondary picketing, that is people picketing premises at which they were not employed, could be in breach of the civil, not the criminal, law.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The first cavalry charge came a few minutes later and it clearly worried the pickets.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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