undomesticated cat, early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from wild (adj.) + cat (n.). Meaning "savage woman" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "one who forms rash projects" is attested from 1812. The adjective in the financial speculative sense is first recorded 1838, American English.
雙語例句
1. It was a wildcat plan by some of our members.
這是我們的一些成員制訂的一個冒險計劃。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
挫敗感、憤怒和絕望引起了一系列自發性的罷工。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A giant wildcat is being hunted after 58 lambs were butchered.
一只大野貓在捕殺了58只羊羔后遭到獵捕。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The discovery rate for wildcat wells in the Denver basin has changed radically with time.
丹佛盆地的探井發現率隨時間變化得很快.
來自辭典例句
5. The wildcat strikes have come under the backdrop of rapidly rising unemployment.