wild card
noun /ˈwaɪld kɑːd/
/ˈwaɪld kɑːrd/
- (in card games
) a card that has no value of its own and takes the value of any card that the player chooses纸牌游戏 (由持牌人自由决定牌值的)百搭牌,变牌 - (sport
) an opportunity for somebody to play in a competition when they have not qualified in the usual way; a player who enters a competition in this way体育 “外卡” 参赛,“外卡” 选手(指没有正常参赛资格而参赛) - He was given a wild card for the tournament.
他获得了参加锦标赛的外卡参赛机会。 - She was beaten in the semi-finals by wild card Louise Smith.
她在半决赛中被外卡路易斯·史密斯击败。
- He was given a wild card for the tournament.
- (computing
) a symbol that can represent any letter or number计算机 通配符 - An asterisk is commonly used as a wild card.
星号常常被用作通配符。 - a wild-card search
通配符搜索
- An asterisk is commonly used as a wild card.
- a person or thing whose behaviour or effect is difficult to predict
难以预测的人(或事物);未知因素;未知数 - The Nationalist party is the wild card in the election.
国民党是此次选举的未知因素。
- The Nationalist party is the wild card in the election.