wildcat

wildcat

名词 wildcat:

an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

同义词：wildcat well

a cruelly rapacious person

同义词：beast, wolf, savage, brute

any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

形容词 wildcat:

outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

without official authorization

同义词：unauthorized, unauthorised

(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive