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

• 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。
• Oracle Turing machine cartographic mode My model aircraft transmitter failed and the plane went haywire and crashed into tree.
  我的飞机模型的发射机失灵了，飞机失控了，撞到了一棵树上。
• But Haywire always said that he wanted to go to Holland.
  但是海威尔总是说他想去荷兰。
• But when he saw this kid trying to steal his new car, he really went haywire.
  但是当他看到那孩子想偷他那辆新车的时候，他真是火冒三丈。
• But the issue worrying some investment firms is what might be called the "summer curse"; precisely because trading volumes tend to be so thin in the summer months, and senior hands are away, markets can go completely haywire if something does go wrong.
  但让某些投资机构感到不安的，是所谓的“夏季诅咒”；正是因为在夏季这几个月交易往往极为清淡，加上高管们外出度假，如果出现问题，市场可能会完全失控。
• Everytime that old Indian drinks alcohol, he completely goes haywire and wants to scalp everyone he sees.
  那个老印第安人每次一喝酒就完全失去控制，想剥每个他看到的人的头皮。
• Without love a person could go haywire and also become cruel and ferocious.
  没有爱，一个人将走向不归路，变得凶暴、残忍。
• In my first company, things were going haywire in the project.
  在我的第一家公司，事情会在项目失控。
• 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。
• Andre: remember that moment when Marlon Brando sent the Indian woman to accept the oscar, and everything went haywire?
  安德鲁：记住那一刻，当马龙？白兰度让印度妇女去接受奥斯卡奖杯的时候，天下大乱了吗？