Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1698
wild
荒野;未开垦地区;野生状态
a wilderness; a wild, uninhabited natural area
常作 the wild 或 wilds,指未受人类开发的自然环境。
- 1.
A wilderness.
荒野
- 2.
a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
未被文明触及的原始野生状态。
- 3.
Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
能够替代其他的东西,如游戏中的特定牌
- 4.
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
保持自然状态的荒野无人区。
百搭牌;可替代物;荒野;未被文明触及的原始野生状态。;能够替代其他的东西,如游戏中的特定牌;保持自然状态的荒野无人区。
In use
Many animals raised in captivity cannot survive in the wild.
The explorers spent two months crossing the wilds of Siberia.
After years of city life, she dreamed of living in the wild.
he lived in the wild
they collected mushrooms in the wild
Connections
Collocations
- in the wild
- 在野外;在自然环境中
- These birds are rarely seen in the wild.这些鸟在野外很少见。
- return to the wild
- 放归野外;回到野生环境
- The rescued animals were later returned to the wild.获救的动物后来被放归野外。
- the wilds of [place]
- (某地的)荒野地区
- They spent weeks exploring the wilds of Alaska.他们花了数周时间探索阿拉斯加的荒野地区。
- wild card
- 百搭牌
- In this game, the joker is a wild card.在这个游戏中,小丑牌是百搭牌。
Idioms & figurative uses
- in the wild
- 在野外;处于野生状态These birds are rarely seen in the wild.这些鸟在野外很少见。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把wild想成‘野地’:开头的w像两丛乱草,读音近似‘外的’——荒野就在文明之外。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:自然文学、旅行与地理、纸牌游戏 作为名词时,wild 通常指荒野、未开发地区或原始自然状态,比较多见于自然、地理和文学描述中;在纸牌游戏里也可指百搭牌。整体语气偏中性或书面,口语中更常用形容词或副词形式。
Grammar Note
常与定冠词the连用,如in the wild;复数形式wilds指特定荒野区域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 wild /waɪld/ 真正押韵的词有 child、mild、smiled、piled、compiled、riled,它们都包含 /aɪld/ 音。注意形似但发音不同的词:while /waɪl/ 和 wile /waɪl/ 没有 /d/ 音,wilt /wɪlt/ 的元音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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