maverick

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmævəɹɪk/    美 /ˈmævəɹɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unbranded range animal.
    — In this distribution, care is taken to leave not only those which bear the owner's mark and brand, but his due proportion of the mavericks* that have been found upon the expedition. [footnote: *The term "maverick" is applied in this country to all animals that have neither mark nor brand upon them, and originated in this way:[…]]
  2. Anything dishonestly obtained. broadly
  3. One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. broadly
    — Among historians he was a maverick because of his belief that history is meaningless.
  4. One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices. broadly
    — We then drift back into our old habits, glorify efficiency, and smile knowingly at the mavericks within the faculty who want the administration to take democracy seriously.
  5. A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
    — They had been working for and with each other for a very long period and their tolerance for “mavericks” was very high, especially if these mavericks continued to get promoted.
  6. A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em. slang
动词 v.
  1. To take an unbranded range animal. US
    — The court permitted the State to prove, over defendant's objections, that Thedford met Noon Tucker and Calvery driving the yearling over to Bachelor's for delivery. Thedford inquired of Noon “if that [meaning the yearling] was one he had mavericked?”
  2. To seize without a legal claim. broadly
形容词 adj.
  1. Unbranded.
    — Occasionally some young men who have no cattle of their own will take part in these expeditions, or they will give their services by the year to receive a pro rata of all the maverick cattle that may be found. [Quoted from The Texas New Yorker, pages 110–111.]
  2. Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
    — He made a maverick decision.  She is such a maverick person.

词形变化

more maverick comparative most maverick superlative mavericks plural mavericks present,singular,third-person mavericking participle,present mavericked participle,past mavericked past

词汇关系

近义词
eccentric free spirit heteroclite deviant deviate individualist maverick misfit nonconformist offbeat
反义词
dogmatist formalist pedant stickler traditionalist
上位词
anomaly person
衍生词
maverick brand mavericker maverickish maverickism mavericky
相关词
black sheep lone gunman lone wolf loose cannon rebel resister revolutionary rogue scoundrel march to the beat of a different drum cheeky doer reckless troublemaker
并列词
foreigner outcast strange person

词源

词源 1
Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick.
The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.
词源 2
Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick.
The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.
词源 3
Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick.
The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.
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