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haywire ['heiwaiə]
基本释义
- n. 捆干草用的废铁丝
a. 疯狂的,混乱的,杂乱无章的
英英解释
1个名词解释
- wire for tying up bales of hay
2个形容词解释
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
[同] cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky
[例]- it used to drive my husband balmy
- not functioning properly
[同] haywire, amiss, awry, wrong
[例]- something is amiss
- has gone completely haywire
- something is wrong with the engine