wild card noun
plural wild cards
plural wild cards
Learner's definition of WILD CARD
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: a playing card that can represent any other card in a game(纸牌中的)百搭牌 2
: a person or thing that could affect a situation in a way that cannot be predicted : an unknown or unpredictable factor猜不透的人;不可预料的事 3
sports : a player or team chosen to fill a place in a competition after the regularly qualified players or teams have all been decided外卡选手,外卡参赛队(获得额外参赛权的选手或比赛队) 4
usually wildcard : a symbol (such as ? or *) that is used in a computer search to represent any letter or number通配符(如?或*)