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haywire

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hay·wire /ˈheɪwaɪə $ -waɪr/ adjective  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。
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haywireAfter 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
hay·wire adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus in the completely start working to


haywire
haywire /ˈheɪwaɪə $ -waɪr/ adjective
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: From the use of hay-tying wire for quick repairs
go haywire informal to start working in completely the wrong way:
    My computer’s gone haywire.


hay·wireBrE /ˈheɪwaɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈheɪwaɪər/ 🔊 adjectivego ˈhaywire(informal) to stop working correctly or become out of control 出故障;紊乱;失去控制After that, things started to go haywire. 此后事情开始失去控制。🔊🔊