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单词 haywire
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hay•wire /ˈheɪˌwaɪr/USA pronunciation  adj. [be + ~]
  1. Informal Termsnot right;
    crazy:There is something haywire about this situation.

adv. 
  1. out of control;
    in disorder:Things went haywire when the storm struck.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hay•wire  (hā′wīər′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Agriculturewire used to bind bales of hay.

adj. Informal. 
  1. Informal Termsin disorder:The town is haywire because of the bus strike.
  2. Informal Termsout of control;
    disordered;
    crazy:The car went haywire. He's been haywire since he got the bad news.
  • hay + wire 1900–05

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
haywire /ˈheɪˌwaɪə/ adj (postpositive) informal
  1. (of things) not functioning properly; disorganized (esp in the phrase go haywire)
  2. (of people) erratic or crazy
Etymology: 20th Century: alluding to the disorderly tangle of wire removed from bales of hay
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