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wildcat

过去式: wildcatted 过去分词: wildcatted 现在分词: wildcatting 第三人称单数: wildcats

wildcat基本解释

n.野猫

adj.靠不住的;未经允许的

v.盲目开掘

wildcat同义词

wildcat相关例句

用作名词(n.)
  • The old man kicked the wildcat downstairs.
    那个老人将那只野猫踢下楼。
  • 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.)
  • Drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation.
    在那里钻井绝对是一次盲目的行动。
  • 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.)
  • The miners will wildcat next month.
    矿工们准备下月擅自开掘油井。

wildcat英英释义

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

  • a cruelly rapacious person

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

Adjective:
  • 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"

  • without official authorization;

    "an unauthorized strike"
    "wildcat work stoppage"

  • (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"