| 单词 | maverick |
| 释义 | maverick /mav"euhr ik, mav"rik/, n. 1. Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother. 2. a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. 3. (cap.) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km). [1865-70, Amer.; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded] Syn. 2. nonconformist, independent, loner. |
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