单词 | picket |
释义 | picket (pɪkɪt ) Word forms: pickets , picketing , picketed 1. verb When a group of people, usually trade union members, picket a place of work, they stand outside it in order to protest about something, to prevent people from going in, or to persuade the workers to join a strike. The miners went on strike and picketed the power stations. [VERB noun] 100 union members and supporters picketed outside. [VERB] Synonyms: blockade, boycott, demonstrate outside Picket is also a noun. ...forty demonstrators who have set up a twenty-four-hour picket. picketing uncountable noun There was widespread picketing of mines where work was continuing. [+ of] 2. countable noun Pickets are people who are picketing a place of work. Ten hotels were damaged by pickets in the weekend strike of hotel workers. The strikers agreed to remove their pickets and hold talks with the government. Synonyms: protester, demonstrator, picketer, flying picket Translations: Chinese: 聚集在…外抗议 Japanese: ピケを張る/ピケに立つ |
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