英语词汇“fizzle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINfizzle

Origin:

1500-1600 Probably from fist ‘to fart’ (15-17 centuries)

VERB TABLE

fizzle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	fizzle
	he, she, it	fizzles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fizzled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fizzled
	he, she, it	has fizzled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fizzled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will fizzle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fizzled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fizzling
	he, she, it	is fizzling
	you, we, they	are fizzling
Past	I, he, she, it	was fizzling
	you, we, they	were fizzling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fizzling
	he, she, it	has been fizzling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fizzling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fizzling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fizzling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The project fizzled and Turner left the company.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A blizzard kept demonstrators away, and a planned church vigil reportedly fizzled for lack of interest.
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 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.

Longman Language Activatorto gradually stop happening► fizzle out

informal to gradually end in a disappointing way - use this about an activity, a relationship, or people's interest in something: · Their romance fizzled out after a few months.· The movie made a great start, but the action seemed to fizzle out halfway through.

► peter out

to gradually become less and less and then stop happening completely: · By midday the rain had petered out.· The road petered out into a muddy track.· The protest campaign petered out after a few weeks.

► wear off

if pain or the effect of something wears off , it gradually becomes less until it stops completely: · The effects of the anaesthetic will wear off within a few hours.· The shock has not worn off yet and he seems to be walking around in a daze.the novelty wears off (=when you stop feeling interested or excited about something because it is no longer new): · The kids spent hours on the computer at first, but the novelty soon wore off.

► fade away

if a sound fades away , it gradually gets quieter and finally stops: · He waited until the sound of the engines had faded away.· As the music faded away the audience broke into enthusiastic applause.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out

· Just a few weeks ago he had been saying the whole affair would fizzle out and Banfield would sink back into anonymity once more.· It was like a rocket, brilliant to start with then fizzling out to nothing.· The road fizzled out at a gate plastered with fire hazard warnings, leading on to the moor itself.· After a promising start, the campaign fizzled out in the summer when the full Co-operative Congress refused to back it.· Over billions of years it will slowly fizzle out to become a black dwarf.· Partly he hoped her star would quickly fizzle out.