wildcatter
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
- “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。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- a prospector for oil or ores in areas having no proved resources
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专业释义
- 盲目开采油井者
- 勘探者
- 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