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单词 hog-wild
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Definition of hog-wild in English:

hog-wild

adjective
North American informal
  • Out of control.

    Congress will go hog-wild in its spending
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, you have their address stored, and can go hog-wild ordering stuff.
    • But coaches should avoid the temptation to go hog-wild with changes.
    • I am hog-wild over your lovely photo.
    • ‘It's not the case that the government has gone hog-wild,’
    • The day they took possession of the house, they went to the Home Depot and ‘went hog-wild and bought $1,000 worth of supplies,’
    • Then, armed with this new-found knowledge, he would have to find investors who were hog-wild about turkey.
    • I tried to set a temperate pace as these delicacies appeared, but it wasn't long before I was going hog-wild.
 
 

Definition of hog-wild in US English:

hog-wild

adjectiveˌhɔɡˈwaɪldˌhôɡˈwīld
North American informal
  • Extremely enthusiastic; out of control.

    I'm not hog-wild about this job
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, you have their address stored, and can go hog-wild ordering stuff.
    • I am hog-wild over your lovely photo.
    • Then, armed with this new-found knowledge, he would have to find investors who were hog-wild about turkey.
    • The day they took possession of the house, they went to the Home Depot and ‘went hog-wild and bought $1,000 worth of supplies,’
    • ‘It's not the case that the government has gone hog-wild,’
    • I tried to set a temperate pace as these delicacies appeared, but it wasn't long before I was going hog-wild.
    • But coaches should avoid the temptation to go hog-wild with changes.

Phrases

  • go hog-wild

    • informal Act in an unrestrained manner.

      Congress will go hog-wild in its spending
      Example sentencesExamples
      • People went hog-wild at the news, assuming that we'd found the magic fat pill for society at large.
      • But, says Twin, she changed her mind before he ever got to see her go hog-wild.
      • But coaches should avoid the temptation to go hog-wild with changes.
      • If you want to go hog-wild, order the grilled lobster, which had claws like boxing gloves the evening I sampled it, with flavor to match.
      • I just think my own nature prevents me from going hog-wild or from being any kind of role model.
      • I tried to set a temperate pace as these delicacies appeared, but it wasn't long before I was going hog-wild.
      • That being the case, I recommend some waiting and analysis before we go hog-wild with some centrally-planned taxation scheme designed to "do something."
      • You can go hog-wild with the creature-building at that point.
      • Now, you have their address stored, and can go hog-wild ordering stuff.
      • Jim Thorpe is a cool little town in the mountains which goes hog-wild with the Christmas festivities.
 
 
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