wildcatters

美 　英

• na.做冒險[投機]事業(yè)的人；〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)投機份子；盲目開采油井者；勘探者

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：wildcatters  

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人;做冒險[投機]事業(yè)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

By the early 1860's these wildcatters were drilling for "black gold" all over western Pennsylvania.

截止到19世紀60年代早期，這些冒險者為尋找“黑色的金子”鉆探遍了整個賓西法尼亞西部。

A century ago "wildcatters" put everything they had on the line to drill oil wells, hoping to discover a gusher.

一個世紀之前“投機分子們”將身家性命全部壓在了挖掘油井上，希望能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)自噴井。