picket line
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈpicket ˌline noun [countable] a group of people who stand outside a factory and try to prevent people from going in or coming out during a strike 〔罢工期间的〕纠察线on a picket line So far, there has been very little violence on the picket line. 到目前为止，纠察线上几乎没有发生暴力行为。 Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line. 很少有工人愿意越过罢工纠察线。
Examples from the Corpus
picket line• They shouted the news that the Confederates were making an attack on the picket line with a heavy force..• Things are quiet on the picket line on this Sunday afternoon.• Hundreds of trade unionists came day after day to support the Grunwick strikers on the picket line.• Now get this: the other workers respected the picket line.• The picket line was supplemented by daily long-range air patrols by naval aircraft.on a picket line• Paisley stood on a picket line outside the Ballylumford power station in Larne and tried to persuade workers not to go in.ˈpicket ˌline nounChineseSyllable
outside who Corpus of a people group stand
picket line
ˈpicket ˌline
noun [countable]
a group of people who stand outside a factory and try to prevent people from going in or coming out during a strike
on a picket line
So far, there has been very little violence on the picket line.
Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line.
ˈpicket ˌline
noun [countable]a group of people who stand outside a factory and try to prevent people from going in or coming out during a strike
on a picket line