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。
• 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。
• Suddenly the dials went haywire.
  刻度盘突然乱了套。
• All my senses of proportion instantly went haywire.
  我所有的辨别能力立刻失常。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most debit cards have a daily cash withdrawal limit of ￡ 300-meaning that those lucky enough to use the haywire machine were able to take out a maximum of ￡ 600.
  英国大部分贷记卡每日最高取款金额为300英镑，也就是说，当天成功取款的“幸运儿”们最多从这个出故障的机器里取走了600英镑。
• 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。
• 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。