maverick
noun[C]
uk/ˈmæv.ər.ɪk/us/ˈmæv.ɚ.ɪk/mavericknoun[C](UNUSUAL PERSON)
apersonwhothinksandactsin anindependentway, oftenbehavingdifferentlyfrom theexpectedorusualway:
特立独行的人,行为不合常规的人apoliticalmaverick持不同政见者
He wasconsideredas something of a maverick in thepublishingworld.他被认为是出版界的一个特立独行者。
Freedom to act
- (as) free as a birdidiom
- agency
- at willidiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- blank cheque
- free hand
- free pass
- free reinidiom
- free spirit
- free-form
- latitude
- no holds barredidiom
- non-didactic
- non-directed
- non-restricted
- paddle
- paddleyourown canoeidiom
- rein
- voluntary
mavericknoun[C](YOUNG COW)
US
acalf(=youngcow)that has not beenbranded(= haditsowner'smarkburnedonto it):
Mavericks arewildcattlethat haven't beenbrandedand have never beengathered.
Cowboysbelievedthey had as much of arightto the mavericks theyfoundon therangeas did theranchers.
Cattle & similar animals
- bison
- bossy
- bovine
- buffalo
- bullock
- calf
- cattle
- dogie
- Friesian
- Galloway
- heifer
- highland
- livestock
- longhorn
- ox
- ox-drawn
- shorthorn
- steer
- yak
- zebu
maverick
adjective
uk/ˈmæv.ər.ɪk/us/ˈmæv.ɚ.ɪk/thinkingandactingin anindependentway, oftenbehavingdifferentlyfrom theexpectedorusualway:
She is more maverick while I amslightlymoreconventional.
He hasworkedwith maverickFinnishfilm-maker Ari Kurasmaki.
- Brian Wilson is the maverickgeniusbehind the Beach Boys.
- He's always had a maverickstreak.
- Thesenatorfrom Arizonalivedup to his maverickreputation.
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- desi
- endogamy
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- nonconformist
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
- zeitgeist
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural