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1 wild-goose chase
(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) busca inútil* * *wild-goose chase[waild g'u:s tʃeis] n procura ou tentativa à toa, infrutífera. -
2 wild-goose chase
(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) busca inútil -
3 wild
1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) selvagem2) ((of land) not cultivated.) inculto3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) selvagem4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) violento5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) louco6) (rash: a wild hope.) absurdo7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) irreflectido8) (very angry.) zangado•- wildly- wildness
- wildfire: spread like wildfire
- wildfowl
- wild-goose chase
- wildlife
- in the wild
- the wilds
- the Wild West* * *[waild] n terra agreste, deserto, ermo (também wilds). • adj 1 selvagem, agreste, silvestre, bravio. 2 não-cultivado ou lavrado, inculto, não-domesticado. 3 ermo, solitário. 4 desabitado, despovoado. 5 incivilizado, bárbaro. 6 arredio, assustadiço (pássaro). 7 indômito, irrestrito, desenfreado. 8 desarrumado, desarranjado. 9 turbulento, traquinas, travesso, alegre. 10 imoderado, extravagante, licencioso. 11 enfurecido, furioso, violento, frenético. 12 louco, desvairado. they were wild about books / eles eram loucos por livros, gostavam demais de livros. 13 precipitado, impensado, irrefletido. 14 fantástico, extraordinário. 15 coll ansioso. they were wild to see me / eles estavam loucos, ansiosos para me ver. 16 coll longe do alvo. 17 tempestuoso. 18 perturbado (olhos). • adv 1 a esmo, à toa. they shot wild / atiraram a esmo. 2 sem pensar. they talked wild / eles falaram bobagens, falaram sem pensar. 3 descontroladamente. a wild storm temporal furioso, tremendo. don’t drive me wild! não me desespere! in wild spirits com disposição para brincar. she was wild with delight ela estava fora de si de alegria. to run wild a) asselvajar. b) perder(-se) por falta de cultura. c) crescer sem instrução e educação. wild animals animais selvagens (ou silvestres). -
4 wild
1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) selvagem2) ((of land) not cultivated.) agreste3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) selvagem4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) violento5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) louco6) (rash: a wild hope.) absurdo7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) ao acaso8) (very angry.) furioso•- wildly- wildness - wildfire: spread like wildfire - wildfowl - wild-goose chase - wildlife - in the wild - the wilds - the Wild West
См. также в других словарях:
Wild goose chase — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wild goose chase — wild goose chases also wild goose chase N COUNT: usu on N If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information. Harry wondered… … English dictionary
wild goose chase — wild goose .chase n a situation where you are looking for something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to find, so that you waste a lot of time ▪ It looks like they ve sent us on a wild goose chase … Dictionary of contemporary English
wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully … The small dictionary of idiomes
wild-goose chase — n. any search, pursuit, or endeavor regarded as being as futile as trying to catch a wild goose by chasing it … English World dictionary
wild-goose chase — wild′ goose′ chase n. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable; a senseless pursuit • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
wild-goose chase — wild goose ,chase noun count an attempt to find something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to discover … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wild goose chase — 1592, first attested in Romeo and Juliet, where it evidently is a figurative use of an earlier (but unrecorded) literal sense in reference to a kind of follow the leader steeplechase … Etymology dictionary
wild goose chase — ► NOUN ▪ a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable … English terms dictionary
wild-goose chase — noun the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable • Hypernyms: ↑pursuit, ↑pursuance, ↑quest * * * noun Etymology: so called from the characteristic flight of wild geese in a group spaced at intervals behind a leader that sets the course 1.… … Useful english dictionary
wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is sent on a wild goose chase, they waste their time looking for something that there is little chance… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
