| 单词 | wildcatter |
| 释义 | wildcatter (once / 51840 pages) n WORD FAMILY wildcatter: wildcatters USAGE EXAMPLESLike the Allen brothers and Sam Houston, like wildcatters and astronauts, Cooley thrived in this brash, open city. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) Apollo's investment in Double Eagle represents a new tack by private equity firms - backing modern wildcatters to gradually build portfolios of mineral rights. Reuters(Oct 18, 2016) In another spot, hundreds of wildcatters had dug out a gaping maw of red and white soil. New York Times(Aug 14, 2016) n an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field Hyper oilman a person who owns or operates oil wells |
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