picket

ピケ要員、ピケ

スト中に職場の外で抗議する人、またはその抗議活動。

やさしい英語で： A person protesting outside a workplace during a strike, or the protest itself.

• Pickets stood outside the factory.
• The union organized a peaceful picket at the gate.
• Drivers refused to cross the picket line.

類義語： protester, striker

よく使う表現： picket line, peaceful picket, join a picket

杭、柵の支柱

地面に打ち込む細い木や金属の棒。柵の一部などに使う。

やさしい英語で： A narrow piece of wood or metal fixed in the ground, often as part of a fence.

• One picket was broken.
• He hammered a wooden picket into the ground.
• We painted every picket in the garden fence white.

類義語： stake, pale

よく使う表現： picket fence, wooden picket, drive a picket

ピケを張る

スト中にほかの労働者と職場の外に立って抗議する。

やさしい英語で： To stand outside a workplace with other workers to protest during a strike.

• Workers picketed the factory.
• The union plans to picket outside the hospital tomorrow.
• They have been picketing the gates all week.

使い方： picket something (The workers picketed the factory.); picket outside something (Union members picketed outside the main office.)

よく使う表現： picket a factory, picket outside something, picket the gates

杭につなぐ

動物が遠くへ行けないように杭につなぐ。

やさしい英語で： To tie an animal to a stake so it cannot wander away.

• We picketed the horses.
• He picketed his pony beside the tent.
• The animals were picketed to wooden stakes overnight.

使い方： picket something to something (They picketed the horses to stakes near the camp.)

類義語： tether, tie up

反対語： untether

よく使う表現： picket a horse, picket to something