| 单词 | wildcat |
| 释义 | wildcat1noun (pl wildcats collectively wildcat)a cat that resembles but is heavier in build than the domestic cat and is held to be among its ancestors either of two cats that resemble but are heavier in build than the domestic cat and are usu held to be among its ancestors: Felis sylvestris and Felis ocreata any of various small or medium-sized cats, e.g. the lynx or ocelot a savage quick-tempered person a wildcat oil or gas well wildcat2adjoperating, produced, or carried on outside the bounds of standard or legitimate business practices a wildcat insurance scheme ofrelating to or denoting an oil or gas well drilled in territory not known to be productive of a strike: initiated by a group of workers without formal union approval or in violation of a contract a wildcat strike wildcat3verb intrans (wildcatted, wildcatting)NAmer to prospect for oil or gas, usu by drilling an experimental well wildcatter noun |
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