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单词 wild-catting
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wild-cattingn.

Brit. /ˈwʌɪl(d)ˌkatɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪl(d)ˌkædɪŋ/
Etymology: < wild cat n. + -ing suffix1.
The action of engaging in a ‘wild-cat’ business or enterprise; spec. (a) the drilling of a wildcat well; (b) participation in a wildcat strike; occasionally also as ppl. adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > drilling of type of well
wild-catting1883
wildcat drilling1937
society > occupation and work > business affairs > [noun] > a business transaction > unsound > engaging in
wild-catting1883
society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [adjective] > relating to strike > participating in strike > sudden or unofficial
wild-catting1967
society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > sudden or unofficial strike
outlaw strike1810
walkout1881
unofficial strike1894
lightning strike1913
wildcat strike1937
wildcat stoppage1942
rag-out1953
wild cat1959
wild-catting1969
society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [adjective] > drilling type of well
wild-catting1972
1883 Cent. Mag. July 331/1Wild-catting’ is the name applied to the venturesome business of drilling [oil] wells on territory not known to contain oil.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 2 Feb. 76/3 The kind of wild-catting and red-dogging that was rife before the war.
1909 W. S. Tower Story of Oil v. 66 Many of the most valuable oil deposits..have been revealed by the more or less random process of ‘wild-catting’.
1967 Economist 18 Mar. 1014/2 Just like wild-catting shop stewards, they [sc. demonstrators] brought into disrepute the cause that they affected to support.
1969 Guardian 22 Sept. 15/1 The West Berlin workers decided that anything their Ruhr brothers can do in the way of wildcatting the Berliners can do better.
1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations xv. 159 Nearly always, a floating drilling operation is a wildcatting venture in an area previously undrilled.
1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxxii. 370 The way things are going these days, I think I might just go back to the wildcatting in East Texas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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