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wild·cat
/ˈwaɪ(ə)l(d)ˌkæt/
野貓,莽撞的人(a.)魯莽的,不可靠的(vi.)盲目開掘油井,從事非法商業活動
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wildcat
adj
1:
outside
the
bounds
of
legitimate
or
ethical
business
practices
; "
wildcat
currency
issued
by
irresponsible
banks
"; "
wildcat
stock
speculation
"; "
a
wildcat
airline
"; "
wildcat
life
insurance
schemes
"
2:
without
official
authorization
; "
an
unauthorized
strike
";
"
wildcat
work
stoppage
" [
syn
:
unauthorized
,
unauthorised
]
3: (
of
a
mine
or
oil
well
)
drilled
speculatively
in
an
area
not
known
to
be
productive
; "
drilling
there
would
be
strictly
a
wildcat
operation
"; "
a
wildcat
mine
"; "
wildcat
drilling
"; "
wildcat
wells
"
n
1:
an
exploratory
oil
well
drilled
in
land
not
known
to
be
an
oil
field
[
syn
:
wildcat well
]
2:
a
cruelly
rapacious
person
[
syn
:
beast
,
wolf
,
savage
,
brute
]
3:
any
small
or
medium-sized
cat
resembling
the
domestic
cat
and
living
in
the
wild
[
also
:
wildcatting
,
wildcatted
]
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