英语词汇“maverick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

maverickmav‧e‧rick /ˈmævərɪk/ noun [countable]

WORD ORIGINmaverick

Origin:

1800-1900 Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A gadfly, a maverick, a treasured pain in the posterior.
He made it clear that he wanted to do it properly and not jump into the primary as a maverick.
In the morning, he sharply criticized Jones for maverick marketing policies and accused him of trying to tear down the league.
Narendra was some kind of new thing, a maverick, rooted in the traditional but open to new ways of being.
Pat Young is one of the province's best known fashion mavericks.
Those who denounced him as a political maverick were not surprised when, in 1924, he joined the Labour party.

an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful:

He’s always been a bit of a maverick.—maverick adjective [only before noun]:

a maverick detective

单词	maverick
释义	maverickmav‧e‧rick /ˈmævərɪk/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmaverick Origin: 1800-1900 Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Programmers are often thought of as the mavericks of the computer business. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A gadfly, a maverick, a treasured pain in the posterior. He made it clear that he wanted to do it properly and not jump into the primary as a maverick. In the morning, he sharply criticized Jones for maverick marketing policies and accused him of trying to tear down the league. Narendra was some kind of new thing, a maverick, rooted in the traditional but open to new ways of being. Pat Young is one of the province's best known fashion mavericks. Those who denounced him as a political maverick were not surprised when, in 1924, he joined the Labour party. an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful: He’s always been a bit of a maverick.—maverick adjective [only before noun]: a maverick detective
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