wildcatters

wildcatters

美 　英

• na.做冒险[投机]事业的人；〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人
• 网络投机份子；盲目开采油井者；勘探者

词形变化

复数：wildcatters  

英汉解释

na.	1. 〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人;做冒险[投机]事业的人

英英解释

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世纪60年代早期，这些冒险者为寻找“黑色的金子”钻探遍了整个宾西法尼亚西部。

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

一个世纪之前“投机分子们”将身家性命全部压在了挖掘油井上，希望能够发现自喷井。