单词 | wild |
释义 | wild ![]() adj. wild·er, wild·est 1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed: wild geese; edible wild plants. 2. Not inhabited or farmed: remote, wild country. 3. Uncivilized or barbarous. 4. a. Lacking supervision or restraint: wild children living in the street. b. Disorderly; unruly: a wild scene in the school cafeteria. c. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious: recalled his wild youth with remorse. 5. Lacking regular order or arrangement; disarranged: wild locks of long hair. 6. Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion: wild with jealousy; a wild look in his eye; a wild rage. 7. Extravagant; fantastic: a wild idea. 8. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy: wild weather. 9. Risky; imprudent: wild financial schemes. 10. a. Impatiently eager: wild to get away for the weekend. b. Informal Highly enthusiastic: just wild about the new music. 11. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded: wild accusations; a wild guess. 12. Deviating greatly from an intended course; erratic: a wild bullet. 13. Games Having an equivalence or value determined by the cardholder's choice: playing poker with deuces wild. adv. In a wild manner: growing wild; roaming wild. n. 1. A natural or undomesticated state: returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild. 2. often wilds A region that is mostly uninhabited or uncultivated: the wilds of the northern steppes. intr.v. wild·ed, wild·ing, wilds To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others. [Middle English wilde, from Old English.] wildly adv. wildness n. |
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