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

• A lot of times these answers were wrapped up in a totally haywire drama of fast-paced teens and a downward spiral.
  通常情况下，这类问题的答案总会与一些早熟少年、负螺旋等混乱题材的剧情捆绑在一起。
• The picture is going haywire.
  这图象歪歪扭扭的。
• 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。
• 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。
• So is the readiness of test drivers to take over the wheel if something goes haywire.
  列在前面的还有试车司机在自动驾驶汽车失控时能够随时接管方向盘。
• Our washing machine has gone haywire.
  我们的洗衣机坏得一场胡涂。
• 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。
• In autoimmune disorders, the system goes haywire, mistaking the body's own tissues for foreign invaders and destroying them.
  自身免疫性疾病中，免疫系统功能紊乱，把自身组织误认为是外来的侵袭物并且破坏它们。
• Prices went haywire; banks and asset managers discovered that all their trading and hedging models had broken down.
  价格陷入疯狂；银行和资产管理公司发现，它们的交易和对冲模型全部失灵。
• But Haywire always said that he wanted to go to Holland.
  但是海威尔总是说他想去荷兰。