picket line

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/    美 /ˈpɪkɪt ˌlaɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses. rare
  2. A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade. rare
  3. A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
  4. A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
    — RMT union members form a picket line outside Birmingham New Street on July 27, as part of a national dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.

词形变化

picket lines plural

词源

From picket (“stake driven into the ground; soldier or small unit of soldiers assigned to perform a duty; protester positioned outside a workplace, etc., during a strike; the protest itself”) + line.
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