| 单词 | wildcat well |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswildcat well wildcat well n. = sense 3c above. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > oil rig > [noun] > well well1652 spouting well1776 petroleum well1801 rock well1830 oil well1859 spouter1865 gusher1876 test well1877 wild cat1877 wildcat well1883 roarera1885 oiler1890 discovery1900 edge well1904 wild well1915 offset well1922 stripper1930 offset1933 production well1934 outstep1947 step-out well1948 1883 Cent. Mag. July 331/2 When he begins to put down a wild-cat well, he usually leases all the land in the vicinity. 1907 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 318. 25 In making maps of subsurface strata in areas that have not been productive, most of the records used for making a convergence sheet must be taken from ‘wild-cat wells’. 1975 W. G. Roberts Quest for Oil (rev. ed.) iii. 35 It is nowadays extremely rare to hear of anyone sinking a true ‘wildcat’ well—that is, one drilled simply because someone has a hunch that his patch of ground has oil beneath. < as lemmas |
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