wildcat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++wild·cat1 /ˈwaɪldkæt/ noun [countable] HBAa type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc 〔生活在山区、森林等中的〕野猫
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wildcat• Tiny though she was compared with her assailant, she fought like a wildcat.• I left in the middle of the big wildcat of 1976, and I suppose it was a cowardly thing to do.• A third of wildcat populations had declined in recent years, and only 8 percent were increasing.• Then I changed my mind, and I began to hate the wildcats.• Interbreeding with feral cats is probably the biggest threat to the wildcat.• In a way, the wildcats were beginning to work.wildcat2 verb (wildcatted, wildcatting) [intransitive] American EnglishTPG to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet 勘探[钻探]石油 —wildcatter noun [countable]→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarywildcatwild‧cat1 /ˈwaɪldkæt/ adjective [only before a noun] American English a wildcat oil well or discovery of oil is one that is in a place where no one has found oil beforewildcatwildcat2 verb [intransitive] American English to look for oil in a place where no one has found it yet —wildcatter noun [countable]Oklahoma wildcatters struck oil in the late 1920s.→ See Verb tablewild·cat1 nounwildcat2 verbChineseSyllable
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wildcat
wild‧cat1 /ˈwaɪldkæt/ 
noun [countable]
a type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc
wildcat2 verb (past tense and past participle wildcatted, present participle wildcatting) [intransitive]
American English to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet
—wildcatter noun [countable]
| I |
noun [countable]a type of cat that looks similar to a pet cat and lives in mountains, forests etc
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verb (past tense and past participle wildcatted, present participle wildcatting) [intransitive]American English to look for oil in a place where nobody has found any yet
—wildcatter noun [countable]