wild1 /waɪld/ ●●● S2 W2 adjectiveadj
1 plants/animals 植物/動物 [usually before noun]HBNATURAL living in a natural state, not changed or controlled by people 野生的;未經栽培的;未經馴化的 OPP tamea field full of wild flowers 遍地野花的田野
wild horse/dog/pig etc 野馬/野狗/野豬等
animals both wild and domesticated 野生動物和家養動物
wild mushroom/garlic/rose etc 野蘑菇/野蒜/野玫瑰等
2 land 土地 not used by people for farming, building etc 未開發利用的Nepal is stunning, with its wild, untamed landscape. 尼泊爾有着自然原始的風景,美不勝收。
the wild and lonely Scottish hills 荒僻原始的蘇格蘭山丘
4 behaviour 行爲CRAZY behaving in an uncontrolled, sometimes violent way 野蠻的She was completely wild in high school. 她上中學時很野。
Donny could be wild and crazy. 多尼有時候很瘋狂。
There was a wild look about her (=she seemed a little crazy). 她一副瘋狂的樣子。
5 go wild a) EXCITEDto behave in a very excited uncontrolled way 〔行爲〕瘋狂The crowd went wild as soon as the singer stepped onto the stage. 歌手一走上舞台,人群就瘋狂起來。
b) to get very angry 狂怒When Tony heard how much it was going to cost, he just went wild. 托尼一聽這要花多少錢,頓時大怒。
6 enjoyable 有趣的 informalENJOY/LIKE DOING something very enjoyable and exciting 十分有趣的;令人激動的‘How was the party?’ ‘It was wild!’ “聚會怎麽樣?”“棒極了!”
7 be wild about something/somebody informalINTERESTED to like something or someone very much 對某物/某人極喜愛;對某物/某人很着迷My son’s wild about football. 我兒子對足球很着迷。
I’m not that wild about rap music, to be honest. 說實話,我對說唱樂不是很感興趣。
8 without careful thought 未經仔細考慮THINK ABOUT done or said without much thought or care, or without knowing all the facts 〔做事或說話〕輕率的,缺乏根據的I’m just making a wild guess here, so correct me if I’m wrong. 我只是在瞎猜,要是錯了請指正。
9 beyond somebody’s wildest dreams EXPECTbeyond anything that someone imagined or hoped for 超出某人想象的an invention that was to change our lives beyond our wildest dreams 將給我們的生活帶來超乎想象的變化的一項發明
beyond somebody’s wildest dreams• The business has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.• But for vast numbers of children in the developing world, such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams.• Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!• Six years ago, Dexter and Birdie Yager had succeeded in their business beyond their wildest dreams.• To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.• It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.• The cartel succeeded beyond its wildest dreams: by last month the price was brushing $ 30.• Route 66 Magazine, a three-year-old quarterly, is growing beyond the wildest dreams of its publisher, Paul Taylor.• It was a world beyond my wildest dreams; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato. 10 not/never in your wildest dreams used to say that you did not expect or imagine that something would happen, especially after it has happened 絕對想象不到地Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to win first place. 我做夢都沒有想到我能得第一名。
not/never in your wildest dreams• But never in my wildest dreams did I expect such a transformation as this. 11 weather/sea 天氣/大海DN violent and strong 猛烈的;狂暴的a wild and angry sea 波濤洶湧的大海
12. card games 牌戲DGC a card that is wild can be used to represent any other card in a game 〔紙牌〕百搭的 13 wild horses would/could not ... used to say that someone is determined not to go somewhere, do something etc 任何事情都不能…〔表示某人堅決不去某地、不做某事等〕Wild horses would not have dragged him into a vegetarian restaurant. 要是叫他去素菜館,八匹馬都拉不動他。
—wildness noun [uncountableU]
→ wild card, → sow your wild oats at sow1(3)