流逝汉英词典

wildcatter

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈwaildˌkætə]
  • 美式音标 [ˈwaɪldˌkætɚ]
  • 国际音标 ['waid,kætə]
  • 英式发音

基本解释

  • n. 投机份子；有勇无谋的人；盲目开采油井者；冒险性企业的发起人

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    wildcat：不可靠的；鲁莽的。
  • n性质的同根词
    wildcat：野猫；莽撞的人。
  • vi性质的同根词
    wildcat：盲目开掘油井；从事非法商业活动。
  • vt性质的同根词
    wildcat：盲目钻探。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • “THE bad news is we didn’t hit oil,” ran the old wildcatter’s joke.
    "坏消息是我们没有钻探到石油，"过去的投机石油家常常这样开玩笑说。

    • 权威例句

  • East Cameron Partners is a wildcatter that acquired some offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
    FORBES: Don't Call It Interest
  • However its use was commercialised by a Texas wildcatter called George Mitchell, the sort of risk-taker America has in abundance.
    ECONOMIST: America’s economy is once again reinventing itself
  • Robertson's grandfather, the legendary Texas wildcatter Hugh Roy Cullen, had discovered the giant Tom O'Conner Field in south Texas in 1932.
    FORBES: Magazine Article

词组短语

    短语

  • Wildcatter Ranch & Resort 维尔德卡特蓝施度假村
  • Wildcatter Ranch and Resort 维尔德卡特蓝施度假酒店

英英字典

    柯林斯英英字典

  • a prospector for oil or ores in areas having no proved resources

专业释义

    能源科学技术

  • 盲目开采油井者
  • 勘探者

    • 交通运输工程

  • 锚链轮
  • 特勤机车；急救机车
  • (列车等)未获批准或未按时行驶的