单词 | wildcat |
释义 | wildcat wildcat // adjective, noun, verb ( ■ adjective [only before noun] 1 (HR ) a wildcat strike happens suddenly and without the official support of a trade union: 4 000 workers may be fired unless they put a stop to wildcat strikes. ⇨ LIGHTNING STRIKE 2 (about a business or project) that has not been carefully planned and that will probably not be successful; that does not follow normal standards and methods: He made the mistake of putting his money into a wildcat scheme. wildcat stocks the wildcat business of independent film ■ noun [C] 1 (AmE) an oil or gas well (= a deep hole in the ground) made in an area where oil or gas has not yet been found: The company expects ten wildcats to be drilled this year. 2 a business or project that will probably not be financially successful ■ verb [no obj] (AmE) to look for oil where nobody has looked for it before: They were wildcatting for oil in Texas. wildcatter noun [C]: He was a wildcatter in the '60s in the oilfields of Wyoming. |
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