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wild /waɪld/► SEE ALLrun wilda wild goose chasewild horses couldn’t/wouldn’t drag sb there, prevent sb doing sth, etc.go hog-wildsow your wild oats
●run ˈwild (informal) grow or behave in an uncontrolled way 疯长；不受管束◆Their parents believed in letting the children run wild when they were young and it doesn’t seem to have done them any harm.
他们的父母信奉孩子小时候应该让其自由成长，现在看来这种做法也没带来什么坏处。◆I just let the roses run wild in this part of the garden.
我让玫瑰在园子的这片地方尽情生长。●a ˌwild ˈgoose chasea (long) search for sth that you cannot find because you have been given the wrong information （因信息错误而长途／长时）徒劳追寻；白费力气的追逐；徒劳之举◆He gave us the wrong directions to the station and that led us off on a wild goose chase.
他给我们指错了方向，我们白费力气，根本找不到火车站。◆Peter’s story sent the police on a wild goose chase. They soon realized he’d been lying.
彼得的鬼话误导了警方的侦查工作。他们很快意识到他在撒谎。 ORIGIN In the past, this was a sport in which horse riders had to follow the exact course taken by the first rider, like the way that geese fly by following a leader. Later it referred to any unplanned or irregular course taken by one person and followed by another, and then came to mean something that was like trying to find a wild goose: that is, a difficult or hopeless task. 这是旧时的一项运动，骑手们必须严格按照第一个骑手的路线走，就像天鹅群跟随领飞的天鹅一样。后来这用来表示众人跟随某人毫无规划、杂乱无章的行动方针；之后又指试图寻找野天鹅之类的事，由此产生出“艰难而毫无希望的任务”之意。●wild ˈhorses couldn’t/wouldn’t drag sb there, prevent sb doing sth, etc. (informal, humorous) nothing would make or persuade sb to go somewhere, do sth, etc. 任何东西都不能阻止某人去某地（或做某事）；八匹马也拉不回某人◆Wild horses wouldn’t keep me at home on a Saturday night.
我周六晚上无论如何也不愿呆在家里。●go ˈhog-wild (NAmE, informal) behave in an uncontrolled or excited manner 表现得疯狂（或兴奋）◆Just because your Mom and Dad aren’t here it’s no reason to go hog-wild.别以为你爸妈不在这里就可以闹翻天。●sow your wild ˈoats (informal) (usually used of young men 通常指青年男子) enjoy yourself before you get married and settle down （婚前）行为不检，纵情玩乐，过放荡的生活◆The problem is that he never sowed his wild oats before he got married, and he wants to sow them now.问题是他结婚前从没有放荡过，可是现在倒想了。 ORIGIN Wild oats are weeds that grow in fields and look like real oats. Sowing them would be a silly or useless activity. * wild oats 指长在田里、看上去像真燕麦的杂草。种这样的杂草是一件愚蠢或毫无意义的事。 |