英语单词

wildcat是什么意思

wildcat

英 ['waɪl(d)kæt] 美 ['waɪldkæt]
  • n. 野猫;莽撞的人
  • adj. 不可靠的;鲁莽的
  • vi. 盲目开掘油井;从事非法商业活动
  • vt. 盲目钻探

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. It was a wildcat plan by some of our members.
这是我们的一些成员制订的一个冒险计划。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
挫败感、愤怒和绝望引起了一系列自发性的罢工。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A giant wildcat is being hunted after 58 lambs were butchered.
一只大野猫在捕杀了58只羊羔后遭到猎捕。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The discovery rate for wildcat wells in the Denver basin has changed radically with time.
丹佛盆地的探井发现率随时间变化得很快.

来自辞典例句

5. The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
由于失业率迅速上升,英国工人擅自组织罢工(抗议外籍工人抢其饭碗).

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