| 单词 | haywire |
| 释义 | haywire I. II. 1. a. < a haywire outfit > : flimsy b. < a haywire plant hurriedly built of secondhand tank cars and salvaged equipment — Monsanto Magazine > 2. a. < luckily for us, their range-finding and director gear must have been haywire … so her fire wasn't very accurate — Outspan > b. < a haywire train that came and went at the worst possible hours — New York Herald Tribune Book Review > < haywire development of western industrial culture — Marston Bates > — often used in the predicate with go < magnetic compasses won't work, radios go haywire, and ordinary engine oil freezes — All Hands > < psychologists have gone so haywire with this new freedom that many interpretations are wild and bizarre — P.M.Symonds > 3. < she's pretty much haywire just now, but she'll have settled down by the time you get here — Mary R. Rinehart > — often used with go < went completely haywire and in one mad, exotic moment she bought the red pocketbook — Mary D. Gillies > < many boxing champions have gone haywire after winning a title — D.M.Daniel > < the danger that men in responsible executive positions might go haywire — Elmer Davis > III. |
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