wildcatter

英汉释义

• na.

  1.〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人;做冒险[投机]事业的人

英英释义

• 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

英汉例句

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

  “坏消息是我们没有钻探到石油，”过去的投机石油家常常这样开玩笑说。