wildcat

英 [ˈwaɪldkæt]

美 [ˈwaɪldkæt]

adj.  (罢工)未经工会同意的，突然自发进行的; (计划不周密而)不稳妥的; 不按正常标准的
v.  勘探石油
n.  野猫(生活在山区或森林里)

复数：wildcats　现在分词：wildcatting　

BNC.23016 / COCA.22252

牛津词典

adj.

• （罢工）未经工会同意的，突然自发进行的
  a wildcat strike happens suddenly and without the official support of a trade/labor union
• （计划不周密而）不稳妥的；不按正常标准的
  that has not been carefully planned and that will probably not be successful; that does not follow normal standards and methods

verb

• 勘探石油
  to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet

noun

• 野猫（生活在山区或森林里）
  a type of small wild cat that lives in mountains and forests

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 野猫
  Awildcatis a cat which is very fierce and lives especially in mountains and forests.
  1. 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。
• ADJ (罢工)未经工会同意的，自发进行的
  Awildcatstrike happens suddenly, as a result of a decision by a group of workers, and is not officially approved by a trade union.
  1. 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。
  2. ...wildcat stoppages on public transport.
     公共交通部门的自发性罢工
• ADJ (计划、项目或生意等)冒险的，计划不周详的
  Awildcatscheme, project, or business is risky and likely to fail, usually because there has not been enough planning.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
• an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
  Synonym:wildcat well
• a cruelly rapacious person
  Synonym:beastwolfsavagebrute

adj

• (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
  1. drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation
  2. a wildcat mine
  3. wildcat drilling
  4. wildcat wells
• without official authorization
  1. an unauthorized strike
  2. wildcat work stoppage
  Synonym:unauthorizedunauthorised
• outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
  1. wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks
  2. wildcat stock speculation
  3. a wildcat airline
  4. wildcat life insurance schemes

双语例句

• Works for Phillips Petroleum on wildcat wells but then resigns just a few years later to strike out on his own.
  在PhillipsPetroleum公司的初探井上工作，但是后来没几年就辞职自己干了。
• Wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks; wildcat stock speculation; a wildcat airline; wildcat life insurance schemes.
  不可靠银行发行的货币；非法的股票投机买卖；不可靠的航班；非法从事的终生人寿保险计划。
• She struggled like a wildcat, screaming invective at allen.
  她像野猫似的拼命挣扎，对着艾伦尖声辱骂。
• Comparing the genomes of the wildcat and the domestic cat added much to what we had known.
  比较野猫和家猫的基因组，让我们的既有认知有了极大的拓展。
• The African wildcat was tamed and deified by the ancient egyptians.
  古埃及人将非洲野猫驯服并予以神化。
• Widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor.
  广泛分布于非洲和小亚细亚的野猫。
• He sold the Buick dealership and moved us to a four hundred-acre farm out on Wildcat Road a few miles west of the city.
  他卖掉了别克车行，带着我们一起搬到了城西几英里处威得凯特公路边一个占地400英亩的农场。
• The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
  这次未经批准的罢工是在日益飙升失业率的背景下发生的。
• Nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
  美洲中部和南部夜间活动的猫，黄褐色的皮毛上有深色的斑点。
• Small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil.
  产于从得克萨斯到巴西的带斑点的小野猫。