haywire
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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。
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 repairshay·wire adjectiveChineseSyllable
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haywire
hay‧wire /ˈheɪwaɪə $ -waɪr/
adjective
My computer’s gone haywire.
hay‧wire /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:Origin: From the use of hay-tying wire for quick repairs