haywire
英 [ˈheɪwaɪə(r)]
美 [ˈheɪwaɪər]
adj. 失控的; 乱套的
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.- 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。
- Many Americans think their legal system has gone haywire.
英英释义
noun
- wire for tying up bales of hay
adj
- not functioning properly
- something is amiss
- has gone completely haywire
- something is wrong with the engine
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- it used to drive my husband balmy
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。 - But Haywire always said that he wanted to go to Holland.
但是海威尔总是说他想去荷兰。 - 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。 - 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。 - Things just very rarely go haywire now.
现在已经很难天下大乱了。 - 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。 - All my senses of proportion instantly went haywire.
我所有的辨别能力立刻失常。 - 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。 - 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。