单词 | wild-goose chase |
释义 | wild-goose chase /wuyld"goohs"/ 1. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished. 2. any senseless pursuit of an object or end; a hopeless enterprise: Her scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase. [1585-95] |
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