| 单词 | to fizzle away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fizzle away a. intransitive (chiefly U.S. colloquial). To fail, make a fiasco, come to a lame conclusion; in U.S. College slang, to fail in a recitation or examination. Also, to fizzle away, to fizzle out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > gradually to die away1680 sink1718 to die off1722 to burn out, forth1832 to die down1836 peter1846 fizz1847 to fizzle out1847 to die out1853 poof1915 down1924 to wind down1969 society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > fail examination fizzle1847 flunk1848 to ball up1856 spin1869 muff1884 1847 Yale Banger 22 Oct. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (1851) 130 My dignity is outraged at beholding those who fizzle and flunk in my presence tower above me. a1848 Cincinnati Gaz. The factious and revolutionary action of the fifteen has..disgraced the actors, and fizzled out! 1854 Olympia (Washington) Pioneer 15 Apr. The Stellacoom gold excitement has entirely fizzled out. 1866 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer (De Vere) The enterprise fizzled out in the most contemptible manner. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Fizzle, to work busily but ineffectively. 1884 Melbourne Punch 4 Sept. 98/2 Another of Mr. Mirams' pet fads has fizzled ignominiously out. 1893 Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 538/2 A general recognition by the Chicagoans that their show had to some extent fizzled. 1910 R. Brooke Let. 20–3 Sept. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. li I've several times started to write you a notable..letter, but my life has been too jerky to admit of much connected thought lately, so the letter always fizzled away. < as lemmas |
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