wildcat
英 ['waɪl(d)kæt]
美 ['waɪldkæt]
- n. 野貓；莽撞的人
- adj. 不可靠的；魯莽的
- vi. 盲目開掘油井；從事非法商業活動
- vt. 盲目鑽探
英文詞源
- wildcat (n.)
- undomesticated cat, early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from wild (adj.) + cat (n.). Meaning "savage woman" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "one who forms rash projects" is attested from 1812. The adjective in the financial speculative sense is first recorded 1838, American English.
雙語例句
- 1. It was a wildcat plan by some of our members.
- 這是我們的一些成員製訂的一個冒險計劃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
- 挫敗感、憤怒和絕望引起了一係列自發性的罷工。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A giant wildcat is being hunted after 58 lambs were butchered.
- 一隻大野貓在捕殺了58隻羊羔後遭到獵捕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The discovery rate for wildcat wells in the Denver basin has changed radically with time.
- 丹佛盆地的探井發現率隨時間變化得很快.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
- 由於失業率迅速上升,英國工人擅自組織罷工(抗議外籍工人搶其飯碗).
來自互聯網