haywire「混亂的；雜亂無章的」

Word of the Day： September 19， 2022

haywire

混亂的；雜亂無章的

adverb or adjective

/

HAY-wyre/

wd20220919

wd20220919

02：08

未知來源

What It Means

Haywire means “being out of order or having gone wrong” or “emotionally or mentally upset or out of control。” It is often used in the phrase “go haywire。”

Haywire 的意思是“出現故障或出錯”或“精神上的不安或情緒失控”。 它經常用在短語“go haywire”中。

HAYWIRE in Context

“Something， I suspect， is going haywire in the frying process， an interaction that leads to those off-putting aromas。 Is the oil not hot enough， thereby clinging to the ［French toast］ sticks and leaving behind the flavors of whatever was fried in it previously？ Were they fried too long？” — Tim Carman， The Washington Post， 17 Aug。 2022

“我懷疑在油炸過程中某些東西出了什麼問題，這些相互作用導致出現了令人不快的香氣。 油不夠熱，以前炸過的東西的味道粘在［法式吐司］棒上嗎？ 或者炸得太久了？”

The company‘s emailing system went haywire and sent out multiple copies of the advertisement to its subscribers。

該公司的電子郵件系統出了故障，向訂閱者重複傳送了多個廣告。

Did You Know?

The noun haywire refers to a type of wire once used in baling hay and sometimes for makeshift repairs。 This hurried and temporary use of haywire gave rise to the adjective （and sometimes adverb） haywire。 When the adjective was first used in the early 20th century， it was primarily found in the phrase “haywire outfit，” which originally denoted a poorly equipped group of loggers， and then anything that was flimsy or patched together。 This led to a “hastily patched-up” sense， which in turn gave us the now-common meaning， “being out of order or having gone wrong。” The “crazy” sense of haywire may have been suggested by the tendency of the relatively weak and rust-prone wire to fail at inopportune times， or to get tangled around legs， or possibly to the disorderly appearance of the temporary repair jobs for which it was used。

名詞 haywire 曾指捆稻草，有時也指臨時修理的電線。它的這種匆忙的和臨時的使用下，出現了形容詞（有時是副詞）haywire。 這個形容詞在 20 世紀初首次使用時，它主要出現在短語 “haywire gear” 中，最初指一群裝備簡陋的伐木工人，然後是脆弱的或拼湊在一起的東西。 這導致了一種“hastily patched-up 「匆忙修補」”的感覺，反過來又給了我們現在常用的含義， “ being out of order or having gone wrong「出現了故障」”。 The “crazy” sense of haywire 可能是由於相對較弱的且容易生鏽的電線不合適時會罷工，容易纏在腿上，或是指

雜亂無章的

臨時維修的工作。

Name That Synonym

Fill in the blanks to complete a slang word that is a synonym of

haywire

： b _ o _ e _。

blooey