wilds

英 [waɪldz]

美 [waɪldz]

n.  自然环境; 野生状态; 偏远地区; 人烟稀少的地区
wild的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （动植物）自然生长的，野生的，野的
  Wildanimals or plants live or grow in natural surroundings and are not looked after by people.
  1. We saw two more wild cats creeping towards us in the darkness...
     我们看见又有两只野猫在黑暗中悄悄向我们靠近。
  2. The lane was lined with wild flowers.
     小路两边都是野花。
• ADJ-GRADED （土地）天然的，荒芜的，荒凉的
  Wildland is natural and is not used by people.
  1. Elmley is one of the few wild areas remaining in the South East.
     埃尔姆利是东南部仅存的几块荒地之一。
• N-PLURAL 荒野;远离城镇的地区
  The wildsof a place are the natural areas that are far away from towns.
  1. They went canoeing in the wilds of Canada.
     他们到加拿大的荒野之地去划独木舟。
• ADJ-GRADED 有暴风雨的;多风暴的;狂风暴雨的
  Wildis used to describe the weather or the sea when it is stormy.
  1. The wild weather did not deter some people from swimming in the sea.
     尽管风雨交加，一些人还是会下海游泳。
• ADJ-GRADED 疯狂的;狂热的
  Wildbehaviour is uncontrolled, excited, or energetic.
  1. The children are wild with joy...
     孩子们欣喜若狂。
  2. As George himself came on stage they went wild...
     乔治本人走上台时，他们都变得十分狂热。
  3. They marched into town to the wild cheers of the inhabitants.
     他们在居民们狂热的欢呼声中迈步走进镇里。
• ADJ-GRADED 难以约束的;不受控制的;放荡的;无节制的
  If you describe someone or their behaviour aswild, you mean that they behave in a very uncontrolled way.
  1. When angry or excited, however, he could be wild, profane, and terrifying...
     但愤怒或激动的时候，他也会发狂、会骂人、令人生畏。
  2. She lived a wild and incredible life...
     她过去的生活极其放纵。
  3. The house is in a mess after a wild party.
     狂欢聚会后，屋里一片狼藉。
• ADJ-GRADED 愤怒的;狂怒的
  If someone iswild, they are very angry.
  1. For a long time I daren't tell him I knew, and when I did he went wild.
     很长时间我都不敢告诉他我知道了，但当我告诉他时，他简直气疯了。
• ADJ-GRADED (因恐惧、愤怒或精神失常而)双目圆睁的，眼睛瞪大的
  If you say that someone haswildeyes or awildlook, you mean that their eyes are wide open and staring because they are frightened, angry, or insane.
  1. She could see his face now, his eyes wild and his skin glistening with perspiration...
     她现在可以看见他的脸了，他的眼睛瞪得溜圆，皮肤上闪着汗水。
  2. I could not forget the wild look in his eyes.
     我忘不了他圆睁的双眼。
• ADJ-GRADED （想法）非同寻常的，极端的;(猜测)未经思索的，胡乱的
  Awildidea is unusual or extreme. Awildguess is one that you make without much thought.
  1. I was just a kid and full of all sorts of wild ideas...
     我不过是个孩子，充满各种奇异的想法。
  2. Browning's prediction is no better than a wild guess.
     勃朗宁的预测不过是妄加猜测而已。
• See also:wildly
• PHRASE 狂热地迷恋;极为喜欢
  If youare wild aboutsomeone or something, you like them very much.
  1. I'm just wild about Peter, and he's just wild about me...
     我为彼得疯狂，他对我也一样。
  2. Irene was wild about the play.
     艾琳非常喜欢这出戏。
• PHRASE 在自然环境中；处于野生状态
  Animals that livein the wildlive in a free and natural state and are not looked after by people.
  1. Fewer than a thousand giant pandas still live in the wild.
     只有不到1,000只大熊猫仍然在野外生活。
• PHRASE （事物）疯狂发展；（尤指小孩）恣意妄为，失去控制
  If something or someone, especially a child,runs wild, they behave in a natural, free, or uncontrolled way.
  1. Everything that could grow was running wild for lack of attention...
     凡是能长的都因为缺乏照管而疯长一气。
  2. Molly has let that girl run wild.
     莫莉放任那个女孩恣意妄为。
• beyondyourwildest dreams→ see:dream

双语例句

• They live on a farm smewhere out in the wilds.
  他们住在边远地区的一个农场里。
• Wilds so vast, the sky stoop to the trees;| the river so clear, moon close to man.
  野旷天低树，江清月近人。（孟浩然《宿建德江》）
• It is dangerous to be lost in the wilds.
  在荒野中迷失方向是很危险的。
• He lives somewhere out in the wilds of scotland.
  他住在苏格兰偏远地区的某处。
• I hear the call of the wilds!
  我听见野外在呼唤我！
• He joined a group of hunters who spent months and months hunting in the wilds and the mountains.
  他加入了一队猎人，这些猎人总是整月整月地在山里打猎。
• When the dead rotting in the maize fields or pulled apart in the wilds by hyenas are eventually counted, over 1000 Kenyans are likely to have been killed since the election.
  当最终计算腐烂在玉米地里或在野外被土狼分尸的死者时，发现自大选以来的肯尼亚人死亡数竟超过了一千人。
• As a successful TV journalist and photographer, Ruth has traversed the world from the wilds of Africa, to the jungles and mountains of Asia, to the frozen Arctic tundra.
  作为一个成功的电视记者和摄影师，露丝横越世界，像非洲的偏远地区，亚洲山区丛林以及冷冻的北极苔原。
• They're living out in the wilds of Australia somewhere.
  他们住在澳大利亚的某处荒地。
• Famished ( or hungry) wolves were howling in the wilds.
  饿狼在野外哀嚎。