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

• European wildcat, marginalized by hunting and human encroachment, pauses during a daylight hunt in Moldova.
  一只受到打猎与人类侵犯而备受排斥的欧洲野猫在摩尔多瓦白天猪食时间小憩下。
• 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。
• My sister turns into a wildcat when she gets mad.
  我姐姐生气时会变成一头野狮。
• Car production stopped because of a wildcat strike by workers in the body shop.
  由于车身制造车间工人们的自发罢工，汽车生产停止了。
• 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。
• Particularly exploration on Greenfields projects, where you have no resources, wildcat drilling
  尤其是新建项目的勘探，没有资源，盲目钻探
• The wildcat should be fitted in with the anchor chain.
  锚链轮应与锚链贴合。
• 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 wildcat modifying of accounting policy is an integral part of the study of accounting behavior in enterprises.
  自愿性会计政策变更研究是企业会计行为研究的重要组成部分。
• Study on logging interpretation method of carbonate reservoir in Yemen block 1 wildcat well
  也门1区块风险探井碳酸盐岩测井解释方法研究