1680s, "pointed stake (for defense against cavalry, etc.)," from French piquet "pointed stake," from piquer "to pierce" (see pike (n.2)). Sense of "troops posted to watch for enemy" first recorded 1761; that of "striking workers stationed to prevent others from entering a factory" is from 1867. Picket line is 1856 in the military sense, 1945 of labor strikes.
picket (v.)
1745, "to enclose with pickets," from picket (n.). The sense in labor strikes, protests, etc., is attested from 1867. Related: Picketed; picketing.
双语例句
1. There are picket lines all over the place.
到处都有罢工纠察线。
来自柯林斯例句
2. No one tried to cross the picket lines.
没人试图穿过纠察线。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Fire crews refused to cross the picket line.
消防人员拒不冲破围厂队伍人墙。
来自《权威词典》
4. He lives in a white-painted frame house behind a picket fence up in Connecticut.
他住在康涅狄格州北部一个漆成白色的木制房子里，屋子前面竖着尖桩篱栅。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The miners are trying to get factory workers to join them on the picket line.