wildcat

"outside ethical authorized

單詞簡介

wildcat n.

野貓, 莽撞的人

adj.

魯莽的, 不可靠的

vt.

盲目鑽探

vi.

盲目開掘油井, 從事非法商業活動

英英解釋:名詞wildcat:

1. anexploratoryoil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

同義詞：wildcat well

2. a cruelly rapacious person

同義詞：beast,wolf,savage,brute

3. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

形容詞wildcat:

1. outside theBoundsof legitimate or ethical business practices

2. without official authorization

同義詞：unauthorized,unauthorised

3. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive