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单词 wild card
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wild cardnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈwaɪld ˌkɑːd/us/ˈwaɪld ˌkɑːrd/

wild card noun [ C ] (IN CARD GAME)

a playing card that does not have any particular value but that can be used to represent any other card:

The joker is a wild card that substitutes for any other card to complete a winning hand.

wild card noun [ C ] (COMPUTING)

specialized computing in computers, a symbol that has no particular meaning of its own so that its space can be filled by any real character that is necessary:

The wild cards are represented here by asterisks.

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Computer concepts

  • aeroplane mode
  • airplane mode
  • atomicity
  • augmented reality
  • back end
  • clone
  • cloud
  • corruption
  • default to sth
  • desktop
  • electronic
  • gigabyte
  • GUI
  • reboot
  • template
  • tuple
  • virtual
  • virtually
  • web hosting
  • what you see is what you get idiom

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wild card noun [ C ] (COMPETITION)

someone who is allowed to take part in a competition, even though they have not achieved this in the usual way, for example by winning games:

Phillips is hoping for a wild card entry to the championships.

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Competitors & participants in sports & games

  • back four
  • benchwarmer
  • boot boy
  • center forward
  • center half
  • defence
  • eleven
  • fielder
  • finisher
  • gymnast
  • outfield player
  • outside forward
  • phoenix club
  • playmaker
  • poacher
  • runner
  • scratch
  • sprint
  • underdog
  • winger

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wild card noun [ C ] (NOT KNOWN)

someone or something whose behaviour is sometimes unexpected:

The wild card in this election is the Green Party - no one knows exactly how much support they will get.

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Uncertainty

  • be neither fish nor fowl idiom
  • circumstantial
  • conflicted
  • debatable
  • definite maybe
  • dispute
  • joker
  • joker in the pack idiom
  • kind
  • kind of idiom
  • kinda
  • knife edge
  • razor
  • tenuous
  • there's no knowing idiom
  • touch-and-go
  • uncertain
  • uncertainty
  • unclear
  • vague

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