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

• 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。
• Everytime that old Indian drinks alcohol, he completely goes haywire and wants to scalp everyone he sees.
  那个老印第安人每次一喝酒就完全失去控制，想剥每个他看到的人的头皮。
• 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。
• The computer was out of use in the past, so now it goes haywire from time to time, seriously affecting work proficiency.
  过去这台电脑没有用过，所以现在时不时地出些毛病，严重影响工作效率。
• Our washing machine has gone haywire.
  我们的洗衣机坏得一场胡涂。
• One question, for starters, is what might happen if that "neural network" were to go haywire, or be sabotaged.
  人们首先会问的一个问题是，如果“神经网络”失常了，或者遭到阴谋破坏，会发生什么？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。