fizzle out 的定义
- Fail, end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning. For example, The enthusiasm for reform has fizzled out in this state. The word fizzle dates from the early 1500s and meant “to break wind without making noise.” Later it was applied to hissing noises, such as those made by wet fireworks, and then to any endeavor that ends in disappointment. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
fizzle out 近义词
等同于 languish
等同于 misfire
等同于 blow over
等同于 die
更多fizzle out例句
- Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
- For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
- On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
- Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
- “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
- And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
- Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
- Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
- The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
- Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.