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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 Haywire always said that he wanted to go to Holland.
  但是海威尔总是说他想去荷兰。
• 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。
• 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。