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词汇 wild-card
释义 wild card
noun[ C ]
(alsowildcard)uk /ˈwaɪld ˌkɑːd/ us /ˈwaɪld ˌkɑːrd/

wild cardnoun[C] (IN CARD GAME)


a playing card that does not have any particular value but that can be used to represent any other card: 百搭牌,变牌
The joker is a wild card that substitutes for any other card to complete a winning hand.鬼牌可以作为百搭牌替代任何其他一张牌从而帮助赢得一局。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Card games
all in
bidding
blackjack
bridge
busted flush
canasta
card sharp
deal
deuce
diamond
pool
queen
re-raise
rebid
recut
rookie card
solitaire
spade
stick
straight

wild cardnoun[C] (COMPUTING)


computing specialized
in computers, a symbol that has no particular meaning of its own so that its space can be filled by any real character that is necessary: (计算机中的)通配符
The wild cards are represented here by asterisks.这里通配符用星号来表示。
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Computer concepts
2FA
2SV
3-D printing
adaptive learning
additive manufacturing
haptics
HCI
hex
hexadecimal
hill climbing
infection
stack
tebibyte
telematic
telematics
telerobotics
teraflop
texture
wan
word processing

wild cardnoun[C] (COMPETITION)


someone who is allowed to take part in a competition, even though they have not achieved this in the usual way, for example by winning games: 持外卡的选手
Phillips is hoping for a wild card entry to the championships.菲利普斯希望得到外卡参加锦标赛。
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
anchorman
attacker
back four
baller
ballplayer
challenger
competitor
jumper
logroller
long-jumper
longboarder
major league
mid-table
opponent
retire
torero
toxophilite
traceur
trampolinist
trialist

wild cardnoun[C] (NOT KNOWN)


someone or something whose behaviour is sometimes unexpected: 无法预言的人(或事物)
The wild card in this election is the Green Party - no one knows exactly how much support they will get.本次选举中无法预料的是绿党——没人确切知道他们会获得多少支持。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Uncertainty
amorphous
be neither fish nor fowlidiom
blurringly
blurry
circumstantial
indeterminacy
indeterminate
indeterminately
insecurely
insecurity
shakily
shakiness
shallowly
slippery
spec
waveringly
wavery
wifty
wishy-washy
you never knowidiom

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wild card | American Dictionary


wild card
noun[ C ]
us/ˈwɑɪld ˌkɑrd/

wild cardnoun[C] (ANY VALUE)


(in some card games) a card that can be used instead of any other:
fig. Undecided voters are this election’s wild card.

wild cardnoun[C] (CHANCE TO PLAY)


(in sports) an extra opportunity to qualify for a championship competition

wild card | Business English


wild card
noun[ C ]
ukus
someone or something whose behaviour or effect is uncertain:
US consumer confidence remains the wild card in the unpredictable economic climate.
IT, INTERNET
a symbol used in computer programs to represent any number or letter:
The wild cards in this string are represented by asterisks.

Examples of wild card


wild card
However, "_" all by itself is a reserved identifier, used as wildcard in patterns.
The _ symbol is a wildcard which is a convenient denotation for anonymous node identifiers.
The researcher's own therapy allegiances : a ' wildcard ' in comparisons of treatment efficacy.
He picked a wildcard.
However, one can predict that in a war when people become desperate, the wildcard will be played.
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This is the wildcard which none of our past political philosophers predicted but which has deeply, deeply changed the political map of all modern democracies.
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Hansard archive

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There is also the wildcard in the pack, a mystery inquirer exercise, to analyse the quality of the information and service received by businesses from business link.
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Hansard archive

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There is one wildcard.
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Hansard archive

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Those who appoint people to public bodies should be given an opportunity to take a risk with one appointment—a wildcard—and perhaps appoint a young person.
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Hansard archive

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The second danger is the wildcard.
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Decipher later introduced the concept of a white or no-color dot which acted as a wildcard during deck construction.
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The term wildcard does not apply to postseason formats where a set number of teams per division qualify.
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This means a wildcard player sometimes becomes the top seed.
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Angelface was a beautiful joker whose manifestation of the wildcard made her bruise or bleed at the slightest touch.
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Italics indicate the act was a wildcard.
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