Picket line 罢工警戒线
嗨!看没看过有关罢工的电影或资讯报道?镜头中,常常会有这样的场景:罢工人员组成一道人墙,围在肇事公司门前,以此阻碍非罢工人员进入公司在外电报道中,这样的人墙常用picket line来形容。
Picket最早可追溯到17世纪,指(栓牲口、作篱栅用的)尖木桩。随后,picket逐渐成为军事用语,最早用来指(保护驻地)的哨兵,在此意义上,picket拥有了更多的延伸义:罢工纠察队员(n.)、设警戒线/派士兵守卫(v.)。
现代意义上的picket可和其它词组和生成军事常用语,如:picket airplane(巡逻机、哨机);picket boat(哨艇、侦查艇、当值艇);picket line(警戒线)。
看下面一个例句:Here has the cunning Frenchman been placing a picket directly in our path.(狡猾的法国佬在我们要通过的路上放着岗哨。)
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