wildcat
英 ['wa?l(d)k?t]
美 ['wa?ldk?t]
- n. 野貓；莽撞的人
- adj. 不可靠的；魯莽的
- vi. 盲目開(kāi)掘油井；從事非法商業(yè)活動(dòng)
- vt. 盲目鉆探
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(yǔ)例句
- 1. It was a wildcat plan by some of our members.
- 這是我們的一些成員制訂的一個(gè)冒險(xiǎn)計(jì)劃。
來(lái)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系列自發(fā)性的罷工。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A giant wildcat is being hunted after 58 lambs were butchered.
- 一只大野貓?jiān)诓稓⒘?8只羊羔后遭到獵捕。
來(lái)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(fā)現(xiàn)率隨時(shí)間變化得很快.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
- 由于失業(yè)率迅速上升,英國(guó)工人擅自組織罷工(抗議外籍工人搶其飯碗).
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