wildcat

FREQ #24238

n. 野猫, 凶悍的人 a. 非法经营的, 不可靠的 vi. 盲目钻井, 从事非法商业活动

发音

UK /ˈwaɪldˌkæt/
US /ˈwaɪ.əldˌkæt/
US /ˈwaɪ.əlʔˌkæt/

词形变化

wildcats 复数 wildcats wildcats 三单 wildcatted wildcatting wildcatting 现在分词 wildcatted 过去式 wildcatted 过去分词

别名

wild cat wild-cat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:

    Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.

    斑猫

    野猫

    山猫

    英国
  2. 2.

    A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:

    A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.

    美国
  3. 3.

    A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:

    Any feral cat.

  4. 4.

    A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:

    Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.

    2003 April 24, CNN Upon checking it out, we found a total of 13 newborn wildcats: nine newborn tigers and two newborn leopards.

  5. 5.

    A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.

    比喻

    2002 September 26, The Young and the Restless Anyone who's man enough to have landed a wildcat like you had to be quite a guy.

  6. 6.

    An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.

    体育 游戏
  7. 7.

    A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.

    航海 交通
  8. 8.

    Clipping of wildcat cartridge.

    工程 政治 军事
  9. 9.

    Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).

  10. 10.

    Clipping of wildcat money (“notes issued by a wildcat bank”).

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.

    You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially

    贬义
  2. 2.

    Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:

    Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.

    过时 贬义
  3. 3.

    Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:

    Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.

    贬义
  4. 4.

    Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:

    Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.

    贬义
  5. 5.

    Unauthorized by the proper authorities.

    2003 June 15, CNN Jewish settlers have also been active putting up five new wildcat outposts on hilltops in the West Bank to try to thwart their Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

  6. 6.

    Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.

    工程 政治 军事

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

wolf beast savage brute wildcat well

上位词 9

cat attacker assailant feline aggressor oil well assaulter felid oiler

下位词 10

painter panther cougar puma lynx catamount catamountain European wildcat eyra jaguarondi
形容词

同义词 2

unauthorized unauthorised

近义相关 4

unofficial exploratory unsound explorative

相关短语

wildcat strike [经] 故意违约 wildcat strikes wildcat cartridge wildcat cartridges wildcat sandwich wildcat sandwiches wildcat well [经] 非法罢工, 非组织罢工 wildcat wells wildcat bank wildcat money wildcat banks wildcat banking [经] 野猫井, 初探井 wildcat currency wildcat note wildcat notes

词源

From Middle English wyld cat, wylde cat (in the plural as wild cattes, wylde catis, wyle cattes), equivalent to wild + cat. Cognate with Middle Low German wiltkatte, German Wildkatze, Swedish vildkatt. Its adjectival senses were originally American and derived from the "wildcat banks" of Michigan, following its elevation to statehood in 1837. Two laws—one easing the requirements for establishing a new bank and another occasioned by the Panic of 1837 that removed the need for payment in specie—led to the creation and collapse of around 50 banks within two years. The term is apocryphally derived from a wildcat supposedly featured on the currency printed by one of these banks, but more probably derived from the remote locations "where the wildcats roamed" chosen by these banks to avoid oversight and minimize redemption of notes.

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