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

nounWord forms: plural -cats or -cat

a wild European cat, Felis silvestris, that resembles the domestic tabby but is larger and has a bushy tail

any of various other felines, esp of the genus Lynx, such as the lynx and the caracal

3. US and Canadian another name for bobcat

4. informal

a savage or aggressive person

an exploratory drilling for petroleum or natural gas

6. US and Canadian

an unsound commercial enterprise

7. US and Canadian

a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons

Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): light engine

8. (modifier) US and Canadian

of or relating to an unsound business enterprise

wildcat stock

financially or commercially unsound

a wildcat project

9. (modifier) US and Canadian

(of a train) running without permission or outside the timetable

verbWord forms: -cats, -catting or -catted

10. (intransitive)

to drill for petroleum or natural gas in an area having no known reserves

单词	wildcatted
释义	wildcatted in British English past participle of verb, past tense of verb wildcat wildcat in British English (ˈwaɪldˌkæt) nounWord forms: plural -cats or -cat 1. a wild European cat, Felis silvestris, that resembles the domestic tabby but is larger and has a bushy tail 2. any of various other felines, esp of the genus Lynx, such as the lynx and the caracal 3. US and Canadian another name for bobcat 4. informal a savage or aggressive person 5. an exploratory drilling for petroleum or natural gas 6. US and Canadian an unsound commercial enterprise 7. US and Canadian a railway locomotive in motion without drawing any carriages or wagons Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): light engine 8. (modifier) US and Canadian a. of or relating to an unsound business enterprise wildcat stock b. financially or commercially unsound a wildcat project 9. (modifier) US and Canadian (of a train) running without permission or outside the timetable verbWord forms: -cats, -catting or -catted 10. (intransitive) to drill for petroleum or natural gas in an area having no known reserves Derived forms wildcatting (ˈwildˌcatting) noun, adjective
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wildcatted in British English

wildcat in British English