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

• But whatever number you prefer, the implications are fascinating. One question, for starters, is what might happen if that "neural network" were to go haywire, or be sabotaged.
  但不论你倾向于怎样的数字，其中隐含的意义都是令人吃惊的。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？
• The picture is going haywire.
  这图象歪歪扭扭的。
• 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。
• 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。
• All my senses of proportion instantly went haywire.
  我所有的辨别能力立刻失常。
• A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don't succeed, give up" or a play on words or on a situation. The picture is going haywire.
  它可以是一句常言的歪曲如你要是一开始不成功，就放弃，或者是玩弄语言和情景。
• Things just very rarely go haywire now.
  现在已经很难天下大乱了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。