Word · Frequency #23016
wildcats
在未经勘探的地区钻井；盲目钻探
wildcats is the third person singular of wildcat.
To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
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To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
在未发现石油的地区钻探石油。
在未发现石油的地区钻探石油。；盲目钻井；从事非法商业活动
In use
The company plans to wildcat in the remote desert next year.
They wildcatted for months before finally striking oil.
After wildcatting for a year, the team found nothing.
Verb forms
base wildcat · third person wildcats · -ing wildcatting · past wildcatted · past participle wildcatted
‘wildcat’作动词指在未勘探地区钻井探油。注意拼写变化：wildcat → wildcatting / wildcatted。
Connections
Collocations
- wildcat for oil
- 为找油而在未勘探地区钻探
- They spent years wildcatting for oil in the Alaskan wilderness.他们在阿拉斯加荒野花了多年时间，为找油而在未勘探地区钻探。
- go wildcatting
- 去进行勘探性钻探
- A few lucky investors went wildcatting in the newly opened fields.少数幸运的投资者去了新开放的油田进行勘探性钻探。
- wildcat an area
- 在未经勘探的地区钻探石油
- The small company wildcatted the region and unexpectedly hit a rich reservoir.这家小公司在未经勘探的地区钻探石油，意外发现了丰富的储层。
- wildcat a well
- 在未勘探区钻探测井
- It is risky to wildcat a well in territory with no oil history.在没有石油历史的地区钻探测井是有风险的。
Idioms & figurative uses
- wildcat strike
- 未经工会批准的罢工The workers staged a wildcat strike after the company cut their wages.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把野猫(wildcat)想成在荒野乱钻的猫，没发现石油的地方也拼命挖，wildcatting 就是盲目钻探。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：石油勘探行业、油田开发讨论 该动词通常用于石油勘探领域，指在尚未发现石油的地区试钻探井；多出现在行业报告或地质讨论中，日常会话较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
结尾都是 /kæt/ 的单词有 cat、bobcat、tomcat、copycat、polecat，它们都与 wildcat /ˈwaɪldˌkæt/ 的 -cat 押韵。注意拼写相近的 wildcard /ˈwaɪldˌkɑːrd/ 和 cater /ˈkeɪtər/ 发音不同，不要照拼写类推。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.