picket

名词 picket:

1. a person employed to watch for something to happen
   同义词：lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout
2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
3. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
4. a vehicle performing sentinel duty
5. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
   同义词：pale
6. 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
   同义词：piquet

动词 picket:

1. serve as pickets or post pickets
2. fasten with a picket

1. Five pickets were injured in the scuffle.
   在混战中有五名罢工纠察队员受伤。
2. Some of the union members did not want to picket.
   工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。

pick.et

n.（名词）
A pointed stake often driven into the ground to support a fence, secure a tent, tether animals, mark points in surveying, or, when pointed at the top, serve as a defense.
尖木桩：通常插入地面的尖木桩，用来支撑篱笆、固定帐篷、拴动物，在勘探时作标记，当尖头在顶端时则用作防御工具
A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy`s approach:
前哨，警戒哨：一支或多支部队、艇队或飞机的分遣队，准备或提前来提醒敌人的接近：
例句：
.The outlying sonar picket. . . . was to detect, localize, and engage any submarine trying to close the convoy.(Tom Clancy)
.外部声纳警戒队的任务是…发现、定位和掌握任何企图靠近护卫舰的潜水艇.(汤姆·克兰西)

A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.
工会纠察员：通常在罢工期间，驻扎在工作单位外面的人或一群人，以表示不满或反抗，阻止非罢工雇员或顾客进入
A person or group of persons present outside a building to protest.
示威抗议者：驻扎在职业大楼之外进行示威的人或一群人
v.（动词）
pick.et.ed,pick.et.ing,pick.ets
v.tr.（及物动词）
To enclose, secure, tether, mark out, or fortify with pickets.
用尖桩围住：用木桩围住、固定、拴住、标出或固定住

To post as a picket.
派…担任前哨
To guard with a picket.
以哨兵防卫
To post a picket or pickets during a strike or demonstration.
派出纠察员：在罢工或示威期间设置一个或几个纠察队
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To act or serve as a picket.
担任纠察员

来源：
French piquet
法语 piquet
from Old French
源自 古法语
from piquer [to prick] * see pique
源自 piquer [刺，扎] *参见 pique

【引伸】
pick.eter
n.（名词）