Wild

[waɪld]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; 'he lived in the wild'; 'they collected mushrooms in the wild'.

(adj.) deviating widely from an intended course; 'a wild bullet'; 'he threw a wild pitch' .

(adj.) in a state of extreme emotion; 'wild with anger'; 'wild with grief' .

(adj.) in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; 'wild geese'; 'edible wild plants' .

(adj.) marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; 'wild talk'; 'wild parties' .

(adv.) in a wild or undomesticated manner; 'growing wild'; 'roaming wild'.

卡特編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.

(superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.

(superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.

(superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.

(superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.

(superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.

(superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.

(superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.

(n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.

(adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild.

埃尔韦拉錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Undomesticated, not tame.[2]. Uncultivated, native.[3]. Uncivilized, savage, rude, ferocious, barbarous, unrefined.[4]. Impetuous, turbulent, irregular, violent, ungoverned, unrestrained, disorderly, furious, frantic, frenzied, outrageous, giddy, reckless, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.[5]. Fanciful, imaginary, extravagant, visionary, crazy, grotesque, strange, BIZARRE.

n. Desert, WILDERNESS.

校對:路易斯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Untamed, undomesticated, uncultivated, uninhabited, desert, savage,uncivilized, unrefined, rude, ferocious, untrained, violent, ferine, loose,disorderly, turbulent, ungoverned, inordinate, disorderly, chimerical,visionary, incoherent, raving, distracted, haggard

ANT:Tame, domesticated, cultivated, inhabited, frequented, populous, civilized,polite, refined, reclaimed, gentle, mild, subdued, regulated, orderly,rational, collected, coherent, sane, sober, sensible, calm, trim

格斯編輯

解釋/意思:

adj. frolicsome light-hearted: being in a state of nature: not tamed or cultivated: uncivilised: desert: unsheltered: violent: eager keen: licentious: fantastic: wide of the mark.—n. an uncultivated region: a forest or desert.—ns. Wīld′-ass an Asiatic or African ass living naturally in a wild state; Wīld′-boar a wild swine or animal of the hog kind.—adj. Wīld′-born born in a wild state.—n. Wīld′-cat the undomesticated cat.—adj. (U.S.) haphazard reckless unsound financially.—ns. Wīld′-cherr′y any uncultivated tree bearing cherries or its fruit; Wīld′-duck any duck excepting the domesticated duck.—v.t. Wilder (wil′dėr) to bewilder.—v.i. to wander widely or wildly.—adv. Wil′deredly in a wildered manner.—ns. Wil′dering any plant growing wild esp. one that has escaped from a state of cultivation; Wil′derment confusion; Wil′derness a wild or waste place: an uncultivated region: a confused mass: (Shak.) wildness; Wīld′-fire a composition of inflammable materials: a kind of lightning flitting at intervals: a disease of sheep; Wīld′-fowl the birds of the duck tribe: game-birds; Wīld′-fowl′ing the pursuit of wild-fowl; Wīld′-goose a bird of the goose kind which is wild or feral; Wīld′-goose-chase (see Chase); Wīld-hon′ey the honey of wild bees; Wīld′ing that which grows wild or without cultivation: a wild crab-apple.—adj. uncultivated.—adj. Wīld′ish somewhat wild.—n. Wīld′-land land completely uncultivated.—adv. Wīld′ly.—ns. Wīld′ness; Wīld′-oat a tall perennial Old World grass.—adj. Wīld′-wood belonging to wild uncultivated wood.—n. a forest.—Wild animals undomesticated animals; Wild birds birds not domesticated esp. those protected at certain seasons under the Act of 1880; Wild hunt the name given in Germany to a noise sometimes heard in the air at night mostly between Christmas and Epiphany as of a host of spirits rushing along accompanied by the shouting of huntsmen and the baying of dogs—the 'Seven Whistlers' and 'Gabriel's Hounds' of our own north country; Wild shot a chance shot.—Run wild to take to loose living: to revert to the wild or uncultivated state; Sow wild oats (see Oat).

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