"soft wire for binding bales of hay," by 1891, from hay + wire (n.). Adjective meaning "poorly equipped, makeshift" is 1905, American English, from the sense of something held together only with haywire, particularly said to be from use of the stuff in New England lumber camps for jury-rigging and makeshift purposes, so that hay wire outfit became the "contemptuous term for loggers with poor logging equipment" [Bryant, "Logging," 1913]. Its springy, uncontrollable quality led to the sense in go haywire (by 1915).
雙語例句
1. Many Americans think their legal system has gone haywire.
很多美國人認為他們的司法體系已經亂套了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The car went haywire.
車子失去控制.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. He is haywire to say that.
他說那種話真瘋了.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. Michael tells Haywire he needs him to remember what he drew.
Michael告訴Haywire, 他需要他回憶起他所畫的圖案.
來自互聯網
5. An orderly comes in and tells Haywire it's time for group therapy.