fizzle

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1 fizzle out phrasal verbphr v informal STOP HAPPENINGto gradually stop happening, especially because people become less interested 〔因越来越不感兴趣而〕渐停，夭折

Their romance just fizzled out.

他们的恋情就这么不了了之。

Examples from the Corpus

fizzle out• Their romance fizzled out after a few months.• The movie made a great start, but the action seemed to fizzle out halfway through.

Examples from the Corpus

fizzle• In the past, hand-held communicating units, with more limited functions, have fizzled.• The plan was carried out a century later, but at the time it fizzled.• The project fizzled and Turner left the company.• A blizzard kept demonstrators away, and a planned church vigil reportedly fizzled for lack of interest.• The road fizzled out at a gate plastered with fire hazard warnings, leading on to the moor itself.• The story fizzled when two things were learned.

Origin fizzle

(1500-1600) Probably from fist “to fart” ((15-17 centuries))

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