"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).
例文
1. Many Americans think their legal system has gone haywire .
多くのアメリカ人は、彼らの司法システムが狂っていると考えている。
2.The car went haywire .
車の制御が失われました。
3.He is haywire to say that.
彼はそんなことを言うのは気が狂っている。
4.Michael tells Haywire he needs him to remember what he drew.
Michaelは Haywire に、描いた図案を思い出す必要があると伝えた。
5.An orderly comes in and tells Haywire it 's time for group therapy.