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the pickets + [verb] + [prepositional phrase]
指抗议人员时常用复数形式；常用动词有 stand、gather、wait 等。
The pickets stood outside the factory all morning.
纠察队员整个上午都站在工厂外面。
尖桩；栅栏桩
pickets — plural of picket
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
尖桩；栅栏桩
a pointed stake or post driven into the ground, as in a fence
The pickets stood outside the factory all morning.
纠察队员整个上午都站在工厂外面。
插入地面的桩。
A stake driven into the ground.
受雇守望某个预期事件的人
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
登山中插入雪中用作锚或止滑的工具
A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
守卫军队以防突袭的分遣队
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
The workers formed a picket line outside the factory.
工人们在工厂外形成了纠察线。
Several pickets were arrested for blocking the entrance.
几名纠察员因堵塞入口被捕。
The company hired security to confront the pickets.
公司雇佣保安来对抗纠察员。
指抗议人员时常用复数形式；常用动词有 stand、gather、wait 等。
The pickets stood outside the factory all morning.
纠察队员整个上午都站在工厂外面。
picket line 是罢工或抗议时设置的纠察线；cross the picket line 是固定搭配。
She refused to cross the picket line.
她拒绝越过纠察线。
picket duty 常见于军事或安保语境，指站岗放哨。
Two soldiers were on picket duty near the bridge.
两名士兵在桥附近执行警戒哨任务。
这个搭配强调参与纠察行动，与 cross the picket line 相对。
Many workers were on the picket line during the strike.
罢工期间，许多工人都在纠察线上。
Not this
The garden is surrounded by a wooden picket.
Use this
The garden is surrounded by a wooden picket fence.
picket 只表示打入地面的单根尖桩，不表示完整的围栏；表示用尖桩做成的围栏时，英文要用 picket fence，不能把 picket 单独当作 fence。.
Not this
The workers are standing on the picket outside the factory.
Use this
The workers are standing on the picket line outside the factory.
表示罢工时在工厂门外组成的纠察线，固定搭配是 picket line，常用 on the picket line；picket 单独指纠察队员或纠察活动，不能放在 on the 后表示‘纠察线’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
纠察线；罢工纠察线
The workers formed a picket line outside the factory gate.
工人们在工厂大门外组成了纠察线。
尖桩栅栏
A white picket fence stood in front of the old house.
老房子前立着一道白色尖桩栅栏。
警戒任务；哨兵勤务
The platoon took turns on picket duty during the night.
这个排夜间轮流执行警戒任务。
抗议标语牌
The strikers held up picket signs as the buses passed.
公交车经过时，罢工者举起抗议标语牌。
越过纠察线（指在罢工期间去上班或不支持罢工者）
The union warned that anyone who crossed the picket line would be fined.
工会警告说，任何越过纠察线的人都将被罚款。
在纠察线上进行抗议（指参加罢工游行）
Striking workers walked the picket line outside the factory gates.
罢工工人在工厂大门外进行纠察抗议。
白色尖桩篱栅（象征理想的中产阶级家庭生活）
She wanted a quiet suburban life with a white picket fence.
她想要一种安静、配有白色尖桩篱栅的郊区生活。
Use pickets naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象罢工者把尖桩(picket)钉在厂门口，组成纠察线——picket 既是木桩，也是抗议的纠察员。
语域：mixed 常见场景：labor strike/picket line、fence construction、military sentry duty、mountaineering 作为名词，picket 有多个含义。其中‘尖桩’和‘罢工纠察队员/纠察’比较常见。‘尖桩’多用于围栏、木桩等具体场景；‘纠察’多用于罢工、抗议活动。另可指‘哨兵’或‘登山锚’，分别用于军事和登山语境。语气通常中性，具体含义需根据上下文判断。
picket /ˈpɪkət/ 与 ticket、wicket、cricket、thicket 押韵，重读元音都是 /ɪ/，后续部分都是 /kət/。pocket /ˈpɑːkət/ 和 bucket /ˈbʌkət/ 拼写相近但不押韵，因为重读元音不同。
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