英语词汇“to run wild”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to run wild.

a. Of an animal or plant: to live in, or revert to, a state of nature, rather than being domesticated or cultivated. More generally: to be or become uncultivated, uncivilized, disordered, etc.; to be or go out of control; (later also in neutral or positive sense) to free oneself from constraint.

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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > be wild [verb (intransitive)]

to run wild?1533

self-sow1835

wild1880

the world > animals > domestic animal > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become wild

wilda1250

to run wild?1533

?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew (vi) f. lxxi To..turne and be conuerted vnto thy lorde God, and not to runne wilde, as the vngodlye do.

1562 T. Sternhold et al. Whole Bk. Psalmes l. 115 Nete and kine, that runne wilde in the hilles.

1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme x. 239 Behold also, how he runneth wild in his notions.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 347 Of all countries..where the horse runs wild, Arabia produces the most beautiful breed.

1789 J. Clarke Surv. Lakes Cumberland (ed. 2) p. xxxxvi The porklings which ran wild in the woods growing on the sides of the hills.

1799 W. Wordsworth Matthew 3 That every hour thy heart runs wild, Yet never once doth go astray.

1823 Trans. Soc. Arts 41 121 The idea..appearing to be..applicable in other machines for the purpose of stopping them when put into inordinate motion, or running wild as the phrase is.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 1421/1 Large quantities of black cattle run wild among the hills.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lv. 528 He had a bold spirit, and he ran a little wild, and went for a soldier.

1885 Sterling (Illinois) Standard 16 Apr. Let your imagination run wild and be as fantastic as you will.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/3 In a week's time up there I learned more about crime..than another lad could learn if he ran wild for a year in the streets.

1971 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 10/6 This cactus had run wild and..had taken over thousands of square miles of good agricultural land.

1984 J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Good Times Cookbk. (1985) iv. x. 356/2 To encourage guests to let their imaginations run wild.

2007 Backwoods Home May 27/2 The wild ancestor/relative of the domestic pig, the Eurasian wild boar, still runs wild in Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

b. Of an oil well: to release uncontrollable quantities of fluid or gas. Cf. to blow wild at sense A. 6d.

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society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (intransitive)] > release uncontrollable quantities

to run wild1886

1886 U.S. Consular Rep. Feb. 173 When first opened the Droojba well ran wild four months before it could be closed and controlled.

1925 A. B. Thompson Oil-field Explor. & Devel. I. vii. 299 On reaching a rich gas sand the Gleason well ran wild at a rate of about 15,000,000 cub. ft. per day... A relief well failed to effect its object, although sunk only 135 ft. away.

1969 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Oct. 7/5 The well ran wild for several days last December.

2004 D. Breen in A. Rasporich & M. Foran Harm's Way 158 The rogue Atlantic well had been running wild for months, spewing gas and oil to create a huge oil lake.

单词	to run wild
释义	> as lemmas to run wild Phrases to run wild. a. Of an animal or plant: to live in, or revert to, a state of nature, rather than being domesticated or cultivated. More generally: to be or become uncultivated, uncivilized, disordered, etc.; to be or go out of control; (later also in neutral or positive sense) to free oneself from constraint. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > be wild [verb (intransitive)] to run wild?1533 self-sow1835 wild1880 the world > animals > domestic animal > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become wild wilda1250 to run wild?1533 ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew (vi) f. lxxi To..turne and be conuerted vnto thy lorde God, and not to runne wilde, as the vngodlye do. 1562 T. Sternhold et al. Whole Bk. Psalmes l. 115 Nete and kine, that runne wilde in the hilles. 1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme x. 239 Behold also, how he runneth wild in his notions. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 347 Of all countries..where the horse runs wild, Arabia produces the most beautiful breed. 1789 J. Clarke Surv. Lakes Cumberland (ed. 2) p. xxxxvi The porklings which ran wild in the woods growing on the sides of the hills. 1799 W. Wordsworth Matthew 3 That every hour thy heart runs wild, Yet never once doth go astray. 1823 Trans. Soc. Arts 41 121 The idea..appearing to be..applicable in other machines for the purpose of stopping them when put into inordinate motion, or running wild as the phrase is. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 1421/1 Large quantities of black cattle run wild among the hills. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lv. 528 He had a bold spirit, and he ran a little wild, and went for a soldier. 1885 Sterling (Illinois) Standard 16 Apr. Let your imagination run wild and be as fantastic as you will. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/3 In a week's time up there I learned more about crime..than another lad could learn if he ran wild for a year in the streets. 1971 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 10/6 This cactus had run wild and..had taken over thousands of square miles of good agricultural land. 1984 J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Good Times Cookbk. (1985) iv. x. 356/2 To encourage guests to let their imaginations run wild. 2007 Backwoods Home May 27/2 The wild ancestor/relative of the domestic pig, the Eurasian wild boar, still runs wild in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. b. Of an oil well: to release uncontrollable quantities of fluid or gas. Cf. to blow wild at sense A. 6d. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (intransitive)] > release uncontrollable quantities to run wild1886 1886 U.S. Consular Rep. Feb. 173 When first opened the Droojba well ran wild four months before it could be closed and controlled. 1925 A. B. Thompson Oil-field Explor. & Devel. I. vii. 299 On reaching a rich gas sand the Gleason well ran wild at a rate of about 15,000,000 cub. ft. per day... A relief well failed to effect its object, although sunk only 135 ft. away. 1969 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Oct. 7/5 The well ran wild for several days last December. 2004 D. Breen in A. Rasporich & M. Foran Harm's Way 158 The rogue Atlantic well had been running wild for months, spewing gas and oil to create a huge oil lake. extracted from wildadj.n. < as lemmas
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