picket

picket

名词 picket:

a person employed to watch for something to happen

同义词:lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout

a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

a vehicle performing sentinel duty

a wooden strip forming part of a fence

同义词:pale

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:

serve as pickets or post pickets

fasten with a picket

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