| 单词 | wild-goose chase |
| 释义 | wild-goose chase[ wahyld-goos ] / ˈwaɪldˈgus / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wild-goose chase ON THESAURUS.COM nouna wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished. any senseless pursuit of an object or end; a hopeless enterprise: Her scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase. Origin of wild-goose chaseFirst recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby wild-goose chasewildfowl, Wild Geese, wild geranium, wild ginger, wild goose, wild-goose chase, wild-headed, wild honeysuckle, wild horses couldn't drag me, Wild Hunt, Wild Huntsman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for wild-goose chasewild-goose chase nounan absurd or hopeless pursuit, as of something unattainable Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with wild-goose chasewild goose chase A futile search or pursuit, as in I think she sent us on a wild goose chase looking for their beach house. This idiom originally referred to a form of 16th-century horseracing requiring riders to follow a leader in a particular formation (presumably resembling a flock of geese in flight). Its figurative use dates from about 1600. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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