/'mævərɪk; `mævrɪk/
n
1 (US) unbranded calf 未打烙印的小牛.
2 person with independent or unorthodox views 持独立见解者; 持异议者
*Politically, she's a bit of a maverick. 在政治方面, 她有点自行其是.


未打烙印的放牧动物，尤指离群的小牛）

n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle]
an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful
　He's always been a bit of a maverick.
>maverickadj [only before noun]
　a maverick detective


unbranded range animal esp. a stray calf