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. 投機份子;有勇無謀的人;盲目開採油井者;冒險性企業的發起人
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- wildcat:不可靠的;魯莽的。
- n性質的同根詞
- wildcat:野貓;莽撞的人。
- vi性質的同根詞
- wildcat:盲目開掘油井;從事非法商業活動。
- vt性質的同根詞
- wildcat:盲目鑽探。
英汉例句
- “THE bad news is we didn’t hit oil,” ran the old wildcatter’s joke.
"壞消息是我們沒有鑽探到石油,"過去的投機石油家常常這樣開玩笑說。 - 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
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- a prospector for oil or ores in areas having no proved resources
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 盲目開採油井者
- 勘探者
- 錨鏈輪
- 特勤機車;急救機車
- (列車等)未獲批準或未按時行駛的