haywire

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hay·wire /ˈheɪwaɪə $ -waɪr/ adjectiveadj

go haywire informalBROKEN to start working in completely the wrong way 出毛病，乱套

My computer’s gone haywire.

我的计算机出毛病了。

Examples from the Corpus

go haywire• And consider buying the same set-up as a friend so you have some one to lean on when things go haywire.• Until recently geophysicists thought that at this low point the magnetic field would also go haywire.• With khaki behind the counter, the prices went haywire.• My computer has gone haywire again.• Everything would go haywire if he saw her.• If something goes haywire, it should be fairly easy to isolate the offending software.• When compression software really goes haywire, you can lose everything on your hard disk.

Examples from the Corpus

haywire• After that, things went slightly haywire, but to reach the open marketplace was easy.• If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions.• Everything would go haywire if he saw her.• He repeated it thousands of times, like a haywire metronome that had lost its beat.• Had it been an accidental hit with a haywire missile?• The figure looked familiar, but his thinking was too haywire to allow recognition for a moment or two.

Origin haywire

(1900-2000) From the use of hay-tying wire for quick repairs

词汇	haywire
释义	haywire Word family nounhayinghayselhaybandhayboxhaycockhay feverhayfieldhayforkhaylofthaymakerhaymakinghaymowhayrakehayrickhayridehayseedhaystackhaywirehayhayward hay·wire /ˈheɪwaɪə $ -waɪr/ adjectiveadj go haywire informalBROKEN to start working in completely the wrong way 出毛病，乱套 My computer’s gone haywire. 我的计算机出毛病了。 Examples from the Corpus go haywire• And consider buying the same set-up as a friend so you have some one to lean on when things go haywire.• Until recently geophysicists thought that at this low point the magnetic field would also go haywire.• With khaki behind the counter, the prices went haywire.• My computer has gone haywire again.• Everything would go haywire if he saw her.• If something goes haywire, it should be fairly easy to isolate the offending software.• When compression software really goes haywire, you can lose everything on your hard disk. Examples from the Corpus haywire• After that, things went slightly haywire, but to reach the open marketplace was easy.• If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions.• Everything would go haywire if he saw her.• He repeated it thousands of times, like a haywire metronome that had lost its beat.• Had it been an accidental hit with a haywire missile?• The figure looked familiar, but his thinking was too haywire to allow recognition for a moment or two. Origin haywire (1900-2000) From the use of hay-tying wire for quick repairs
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