maverick

C2 FREQ #18184 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 未烙饲主印记的小牛, 持不同意见的人 vi. 迷路

发音

UK /ˈmævəɹɪk/
US /ˈmævəɹɪk/
AU

词形变化

mavericks 复数 mavericks mavericked mavericking mavericks 三单 mavericking 现在分词 mavericked 过去式 mavericked 过去分词 more maverick 比较级 most maverick 最高级

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    An unbranded range animal.

  2. 2.

    Anything dishonestly obtained.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.

    引申义

    Among historians he was a maverick because of his belief that history is meaningless.

  4. 4.

    One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.

    引申义
  5. 5.

    A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.

    政治 军事
  6. 6.

    A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em.

    俚语 游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To take an unbranded range animal.

    美国
  2. 2.

    To seize without a legal claim.

    引申义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Unbranded.

  2. 2.

    Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

    特立独行

    He made a maverick decision. She is such a maverick person.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

rebel

上位词 3

calf nonconformist recusant
形容词

同义词 2

irregular unorthodox

近义相关 1

unconventional

相关短语

maverick brand maverick brands Maverick County

词源

Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick. The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.

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