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

noun

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。

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

The wildcat could have been on either side of the valley.
豹猫可能在山谷的某一侧。
Where's your great wildcat smile?
你们那灿烂的野猫般的笑容呢？
When is came to deciding which troops would carry out these wildcat schemes, the answer was always the same.
到了决定由哪支部队实施这些冒险计划时，答案总是一样的。
Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
美洲热带产的长身长尾野猫。
Bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat.
尾部多毛的欧洲野猫，形似家猫，被认为是家猫的祖先。
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。
The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.
这次未经批准的罢工是在日益飙升失业率的背景下发生的。
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。
My sister turns into a wildcat when she gets mad.
我姐姐生气时会变成一头野狮。
He sold the Buick dealership and moved us to a four hundred-acre farm out on Wildcat Road a few miles west of the city.
他卖掉了别克车行，带着我们一起搬到了城西几英里处威得凯特公路边一个占地400英亩的农场。