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 opposes me. Everything goes haywire when I use it.
  计算机与我作对。我每次我一用它，它就乱了套。
• 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。
• Connecting those strands is critical to diagnosing and restoring balance to an immune system gone haywire in a disease like Lassa fever.
  将这些线索联系在一起对于像拉沙热导致的免疫系统紊乱的诊断以及平衡的保持是至关重要的。
• 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。
• A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. The picture is going haywire.
  它可以是一句常言的歪曲如你要是一开始不成功，就放弃，或者是玩弄语言和情景。
• WASHINGTON-Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills, US researchers reported on Thursday.
  华盛顿讯-美国研究员周四报告，进食过量导致大脑功能紊乱，引发一系列的损害，从而导致糖尿病、心脏病和其他疾病。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。