loose cannon

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌluːs ˈkæn.ən]
• 美式音标 [ˌluːs ˈkæn.ən]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 我行我素不顾后果的人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Arab elites came to view him as a loose cannon and a dangerous crank.
  阿拉伯的精英逐渐把他看成一个大炮简子和危险的怪人。
• Some of Walsh's higher-ups at Division, however, worried that he was a loose cannon - and this latest mission hadn't dissuaded them from that notion.
  不过在CTU所属的部门里，沃尔什的一些上司担心杰克是一门失去约束的大炮，随时会误伤自己人——最近的一次任务丝毫不会改善他们的这种看法。
• Part of the reason was quality control: by definition, an Easter egg is an untested feature. It's a loose cannon that could, in theory, interfere with other, more important parts of the program.
  原因有三，第一个原因，是出于质量控制考虑：严格说来，彩蛋是一段未经测试的程序，理论上来讲，它可能会对整个程序中其他重要的功能代码产生影响。

权威例句

• Mr Byrd has become something of a loose cannon in the Senate of late, but little could compare with his latest antics.
  ECONOMIST: Trade
• He is at most a slightly loose cannon in a party whose instinct is to lash every moving object tightly to the deck.
  ECONOMIST: Is Tony Blair a Dalek?

词组短语

短语

• loose e cannon 松动的大炮
• be a loose cannon 不受控制的危险人物
• Loose Cannon Studios 制作厂商

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• someone who behaves in an uncontrolled or unexpected way and is likely to cause problems for other people