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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The picture is going haywire.
  这图象歪歪扭扭的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our washing machine has gone haywire.
  我们的洗衣机坏得一场胡涂。
• 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。
• 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。