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haywire

/hey-wahyuhr/US // ˈheɪˌwaɪər //UK // (ˈheɪˌwaɪə) //

乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟的,混乱,乱七八糟的事

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : wire used to bind bales of hay.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : in disorder: The town is haywire because of the bus strike.
    • : out of control; disordered; crazy: The car went haywire. He's been haywire since he got the bad news.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.broken; crazy
Synonyms
berserk狂暴,狂暴的,狂热,狂热的nuts坚果,螺母,坚果类,螺帽psycho心理学家,精神病患者,精神病,精神screwball螺丝球,螺丝钉,螺丝弹,螺丝刀amiss不对,不对劲,错了,错amok混乱的,混乱,乱七八糟,疯狂的batty蝙蝠,巴特,蝙蝠人,蝙蝠的bonkers疯了,疯人院,疯子,疯癫chaotic混乱的,乱七八糟的,杂乱无章的,杂乱无章confused混乱的,困惑,困惑的,糊涂cracked有裂纹的,破损的,裂纹的,裂缝的crazed疯狂的,疯狂,疯疯癫癫的,疯了defective有缺陷的,有缺陷,有瑕疵的,缺陷disordered无序的,无序,紊乱的,无秩序的disorganized涣散的,涣散,乱七八糟,涣然一新erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常flipped翻转的,翻转,翻转了,翻开的in a mess杂乱无章,乱七八糟的,乱七八糟,乱糟糟的in pieces成片的,成片,成件,成片成片insane疯了,疯狂的,疯癫,疯疯癫癫mad疯狂,疯狂的,疯了,疯messy混乱的,凌乱的,乱七八糟的,杂乱无章的orderless无序,无秩序,无序的,无秩序的out of order不合时宜,不合规定,不合时宜的,无序out of whack失调,失灵了,失灵,失策out to lunch外出就餐,出去吃午饭,出去吃午餐,出去吃饭schizo精神分裂症,精神分裂症患者,精神分裂者,精神分裂screwy螺丝钉,扭曲的,螺丝钉式的,螺钉状touched感动,感动的,触动了,触动unbalanced不平衡的,非平衡性,非平衡,非平衡的unglued粘连的,粘着的,粘连,粘连在一起unhinged疯疯癫癫的,疯疯癫癫,疯癫的,发神经wacky古怪的,古怪

Examples

  • As millennials rushed out of cities and back to their parents’ homes, the housing market went haywire.

  • When taste and smell begin to come back, they can go haywire.

  • For example, we now know that energy production in aging cells goes haywire.

  • Reexamine your regular routine, and if something seems haywire, make adjustments.

  • The state system went haywire on Monday, several hours before the registration deadline, showing error messages and trapping people in user-verification pages that prevented them from completing and submitting their form.

  • That conservatorship expired, however, this month and, almost immediately a source tells TMZ, “Things started going haywire.”

  • “Every time a rocket was launched, my phone went haywire,” said Dor Eldar, a 22-year-old dance instructor from Tel Aviv.

  • But then things went haywire on Sunday, and 21 separate shooting incidents occurred.

  • Things simply go haywire outside the boundaries and cells (and people) die.

  • Wolf is about the American Dream gone haywire, so exaggeration is the name of the game.

  • I said our air-conditioning system goes haywire and that we were ripping out a thousand old boilers and coolers.

  • "Just my imagination going a little haywire from it all, I fancy," he said.

  • "Yeah, my guns went haywire for some unknown reason," he said eventually.

  • Horses with patched civilian harness gave the transport the appearance of a "haywire outfit."

  • We can't know, of course, but if you were a warehouse clerk and a big rocket went haywire, wouldn't you be out watching it?