wildcatted

英['waɪldkæt] 美['waɪldkæt]
  • n.野猫adj.靠不住的；未经允许的v.盲目开掘
wildcatted wildcatted wildcatting wildcats
  • waterfowl n.水鸟；水禽
  • wild adj.野生的；野蛮的；未开发的；狂热的adv.胡乱地；失去控制地n.荒野；荒地

详细释义

Noun:
  1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

  2. a cruelly rapacious person

  3. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

Adjective:
  1. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices;

    "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"
    "wildcat stock speculation"
    "a wildcat airline"
    "wildcat life insurance schemes"

  2. without official authorization;

    "an unauthorized strike"
    "wildcat work stoppage"

  3. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive;

    "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"
    "a wildcat mine"
    "wildcat drilling"
    "wildcat wells"

双语例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The old man kicked the wildcat downstairs.
      那个老人将那只野猫踢下楼。
    2. The cry of a wildcat can send chills down one's backbone.
      野猫的叫声令人毛骨悚然。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation.
      在那里钻井绝对是一次盲目的行动。
    2. Most of the workers have participated in the wildcat strike.
      大多数工人参与了未经工会允许的罢工。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The miners will wildcat next month.
      矿工们准备下月擅自开掘油井。

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Wilde wild wildcatter wildcatting wildcats. wildcat area wildcat well wildcat bank wildcat money wildcatstocks wildcat engine wildcat strike
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