单词	fizzle
释义	fizzlefiz‧zle /ˈfɪzəl/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINfizzle Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from fist ‘to fart’ (15-17 centuries) Verb Table 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 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. Thesaurus 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 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. fizzle out phrasal verb informal to gradually stop happening, especially because people become less interested:  Their romance just fizzled out.
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