haywire

英 [ˈheɪwaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈheɪwaɪər]

adj.  失控的; 乱套的

TEM8计算机

BNC.36642 / COCA.22464

习惯用语

adj.

go haywire
• 出故障；紊乱；失去控制
  to stop working correctly or become out of control
• After that, things started to go haywire.
  此后事情开始失去控制。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 失控的;乱套的
  If something goeshaywire, it goes out of control or starts doing the wrong thing.
  1. Many Americans think their legal system has gone haywire.
     很多美国人认为他们的司法体系已经乱套了。

英英释义

noun

• wire for tying up bales of hay

adj

• not functioning properly
  1. something is amiss
  2. has gone completely haywire
  3. something is wrong with the engine
  Synonym:amiss(p)awry(p)wrong(p)
• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  1. it used to drive my husband balmy
  Synonym:balmybarmybatsbattybonkersbuggycrackedcrackersdaftdottyfruitykookykookielocoloonyloopynutsnuttyround the bendaround the bendwackywhacky

双语例句

• The computer was out of use in the past, so now it goes haywire from time to time, seriously affecting work proficiency.
  过去这台电脑没有用过，所以现在时不时地出些毛病，严重影响工作效率。
• All my senses of proportion instantly went haywire.
  我所有的辨别能力立刻失常。
• The hectic, haywire effects of this planet are always felt before it actually sleeps.
  这颗发烫、混乱的行星的力量会在沉睡之前发挥作用。
• Many Americans think their legal system has gone haywire.
  很多美国人认为他们的司法体系已经乱套了。
• It was not the public but the private sector that went haywire in Ireland and in Spain.
  在爱尔兰和西班牙，出问题的不是公共部门，而是私人部门。
• Mr Obama warned that markets could go haywire if there is another confrontation over the US debt limit.
  奥巴马警告称，如果在债务上限问题再次发生对峙，市场可能会陷入混乱。
• Things just very rarely go haywire now.
  现在已经很难天下大乱了。
• Overwritten files, images ( or CSS or JavaScript) mysteriously "changing", and pages going haywire in totally different sections of the site than you expected.
  覆盖的文件、图像（或CSS或JavaScript）被神秘地“更改”，页面乱七八糟地分散在站点中与您预期完全不同的部分中。
• Suddenly the dials went haywire.
  刻度盘突然乱了套。
• Our washing machine has gone haywire.
  我们的洗衣机坏得一场胡涂。