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

1nadj 2nadj

WORD FAMILY

wildcat: wildcats, wildcatted, wildcatting

USAGE EXAMPLES

The Wildcats coach did not specify during his weekly radio show Monday night when the previously-taped talk with Pitino would air.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The Wildcats did keep alive their 132-week streak of being ranked.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The Wildcats also attacked the rim, repeatedly drew fouls and cashed in with a 21-for-23 performance at the free throw line.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

1n any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

Hypo|Hyper

sand cat

a desert wildcat

European wildcat, Felis silvestris, catamountain

bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat

Felis concolor, catamount, cougar, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma

large American feline resembling a lion

Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat

nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

Felis yagouaroundi, eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat

long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat

Felis ocreata, caffer cat, kaffir cat

widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor

Felis chaus, jungle cat

small Asiatic wildcat

Felis serval, serval

slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat

Felis bengalensis, leopard cat

small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia

Felis tigrina, tiger cat

medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat

Felis wiedi, margay, margay cat

small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil

Felis manul, Pallas's cat, manul

small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia

catamount, lynx

short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur

Lynx lynx, common lynx

of northern Eurasia

Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis

of northern North America

Lynx rufus, bay lynx, bobcat

small lynx of North America

Lynx pardina, spotted lynx

of southern Europe

Lynx caracal, caracal, desert lynx

of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia

cat, true cat

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

2n a cruelly rapacious person

Syn|Hyper

beast, brute, savage, wolf

aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker

someone who attacks

3adj without official authorization

wildcat work stoppage

Syn

unauthorised, unauthorized
unofficial

not having official authority or sanction

4adj outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks
wildcat stock speculation
a wildcat airline
wildcat life insurance schemes

Syn

unsound

not sound financially

1n an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

Syn|Hyper

wildcat well

oil well, oiler

a well that yields or has yielded oil

2adj (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive

drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation
a wildcat mine
wildcat drilling
wildcat wells

Syn

explorative, exploratory

serving in or intended for exploration or discovery

单词	wildcat
释义	wildcat (once / 1994 pages) 1nadj 2nadj WORD FAMILY wildcat: wildcats, wildcatted, wildcatting USAGE EXAMPLES The Wildcats coach did not specify during his weekly radio show Monday night when the previously-taped talk with Pitino would air. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Wildcats did keep alive their 132-week streak of being ranked. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Wildcats also attacked the rim, repeatedly drew fouls and cashed in with a 21-for-23 performance at the free throw line. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild Hypo\|Hyper sand cat a desert wildcat European wildcat, Felis silvestris, catamountain bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat Felis concolor, catamount, cougar, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma large American feline resembling a lion Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat Felis yagouaroundi, eyra, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat Felis ocreata, caffer cat, kaffir cat widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor Felis chaus, jungle cat small Asiatic wildcat Felis serval, serval slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat Felis bengalensis, leopard cat small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia Felis tigrina, tiger cat medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat Felis wiedi, margay, margay cat small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil Felis manul, Pallas's cat, manul small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia catamount, lynx short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur Lynx lynx, common lynx of northern Eurasia Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis of northern North America Lynx rufus, bay lynx, bobcat small lynx of North America Lynx pardina, spotted lynx of southern Europe Lynx caracal, caracal, desert lynx of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia cat, true cat feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats 2n a cruelly rapacious person Syn\|Hyper beast, brute, savage, wolf aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker someone who attacks 3adj without official authorization wildcat work stoppage Syn unauthorised, unauthorized unofficial not having official authority or sanction 4adj outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks wildcat stock speculation a wildcat airline wildcat life insurance schemes Syn unsound not sound financially 2 1n an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field Syn\|Hyper wildcat well oil well, oiler a well that yields or has yielded oil 2adj (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation a wildcat mine wildcat drilling wildcat wells Syn explorative, exploratory serving in or intended for exploration or discovery
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