wildcatter

wildcatter

美 　英

• na.做冒險[投機]事業的人；〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人
• 網絡投機份子；盲目開采油井者；勘探者

詞形變化

復數：wildcatters  

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人;做冒險[投機]事業的人

英英解釋

n.	1. a prospector for oil in areas not yet known to be productive 2. a developer or promoter of risky or fraudulent business ventures 3. a participant in a sudden strike not authorized by the labor union that he or she belongs to

例句

"THE bad news is we didn't hit oil, " ran the old wildcatter's joke.

“壞消息是我們沒有鉆探到石油，”過去的投機石油家常常這樣開玩笑說。