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。
• Things just very rarely go haywire now.
  现在已经很难天下大乱了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The picture is going haywire.
  这图象歪歪扭扭的。
• 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。