Dại, hoang (ở) rừng

wild grass

cỏ dại

to grow wild

mọc hoang (cây)

wild beasts

dã thú, thú rừng

wild bird

chim rừng

Chưa thuần; chưa dạn người (thú, chim)

Man rợ, man di, chưa văn minh

wild tribes

bộ lạc man rợ

Hoang vu, không người ở

wild country

xứ hoang vu

Dữ dội, bão táp

wild wind

gió dữ dội

wild day

ngày bão táp

Rối, lộn xộn, lung tung

wild hair

tóc rối, tóc bù xù

wild confusion

sự rối loạn lung tung

Điên, điên cuồng, nhiệt liệt

wild with anger

tức điên

to drive someone wild

chọc tức ai

wild laughter

cái cười như điên

to be wild to do something

điên lên muốn làm việc gì

Ngông cuồng, rồ dại, liều mạng, thiếu đắn đo suy nghĩ, bừa bãi

wild opinions

những ý kiến ngông cuồng rồ dại

Tự do, bừa bãi, phóng túng, lêu lổng

a wild life

cuộc đời phóng túng; lối sống phóng đãng

Vu vơ, bừa bãi, lung tung

to shoot wild

bắn lung tung

to talk wild

nói lung tung bừa bãi

Vùng hoang vu

hoang dã

Adj.

Undomesticated, untamed, unbroken, savage, feral: Theonly four-legged animals inhabiting the island were wild pigs.2 uncultivated, uninhabited, waste, desert, desolate, virgin,unpopulated, empty, trackless, barren, lifeless; deserted: Thecottage overlooks an expanse of wild moorland.

Savage,uncivilized, barbarous, primitive, rude, uncultured,uncultivated, brutish, barbaric, fierce, ferocious: Some earlyexplorers studied the wild people they encountered in far-offlands. 4 uncontrolled, unrestricted, unrestrained, untrammelled,unbridled, unfettered, unshackled, free, unchecked, lively,impetuous, unconventional, undisciplined, disobedient,insubordinate, self-willed, wayward, mutinous, rowdy(ish),boisterous, unruly, tumultuous, turbulent, tempestuous,uproarious; uncontrollable, unmanageable, ungovernable,intractable, unrestrainable: Peter led quite a wild youth. Wecannot cope with their wild behaviour after they have had toomuch to drink. 5 mad, maniac(al), crazed, crazy, irrational,distracted, frenzied, frantic, distraught, hysterical, raving,raging, unhinged, demented, delirious; berserk; run amok oramuck: William had a wild look about him. Nellie has beendriven wild by the pressures of business. 6 exciting, excited,vehement, passionate, romantic, turbulent, chaotic, tempestuous,reckless, madcap: At the time, Ernest was having a wild loveaffair with Charles's widow. 7 absurd, irrational, unreasonable,extravagant, fantastic, imprudent, foolish, foolhardy,impractical, impracticable, unpractical, unworkable, ridiculous,reckless, silly, giddy, flighty, madcap, outrageous,preposterous, bizarre, strange, odd, peculiar, Colloq offbeat:He lost thousands on some wild scheme for reducing shippingcosts by filling bubble packing with helium. 8 tousled,wind-blown, unkempt, dishevelled, untidy, disordered,disorderly, messed-up, Colloq mussed-up: Her hair was in wilddisarray.

Enthusiastic, avid, eager, agog, Colloq crazy, mad,daft, dotty, Brit potty, Slang nutty, nuts: I'm just wild aboutHarry, And Harry's wild about me.

N.

Usually, wilds. wasteland, wilderness, desert,vastness, emptiness, Colloq sticks, middle of nowhere, back ofbeyond: His idea of adventure was to trek through the wilds ofHyde Park.

Adj., adv., & n.

Adj.

(of an animal or plant) in itsoriginal natural state; not domesticated or cultivated (esp. ofspecies or varieties allied to others that are not wild).

Notcivilized; barbarous.

(of scenery etc.) having aconspicuously desolate appearance.

Unrestrained, disorderly,uncontrolled (a wild youth; wild hair).

Tempestuous, violent(a wild night).

A intensely eager; excited, frantic (wildwith excitement; wild delight). b (of looks, appearance, etc.)indicating distraction. c (foll. by about) colloq.enthusiastically devoted to (a person or subject).

Colloq.infuriated, angry (makes me wild).

Haphazard, ill-aimed, rash(a wild guess; a wild shot; a wild venture).

(of a horse,game-bird, etc.) shy; easily startled.

Colloq. exciting,delightful.

(of a card) having any rank chosen by the playerholding it (the joker is wild).

Adv. in a wild manner(shooting wild).

N.

A wild tract.

A desert.

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Sport an extra player or team chosen to enter acompetition at the selectors discretion. wild cat any ofvarious smallish cats, esp. the European Felis sylvestris (cf.WILDCAT). wild-goose chase a foolish or hopeless andunproductive quest. wild horse 1 a horse not domesticated orbroken in.

(in pl.) colloq. even the most powerful influenceetc. (wild horses would not drag the secret from me). wildhyacinth = BLUEBELL 1. wild man of the woods colloq. anorang-utan. wild rice any tall grass of the genus Zizania,yielding edible grains. wild silk 1 silk from wild silkworms.2 an imitation of this from short silk fibres. Wild West thewestern US in a time of lawlessness in its early history.

Wildish adj. wildly adv. wildness n. [OE wilde f. Gmc]