单词	peter
释义	peterpe‧ter /ˈpiːtə $ -ər/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINpeter Origin: 1800-1900 Origin unknown Verb Table VERB TABLE peter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they peter he, she, it peters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they petered Present perfect I, you, we, they have petered he, she, it has petered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had petered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will peter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have petered Continuous Form Present I am petering he, she, it is petering you, we, they are petering Past I, he, she, it was petering you, we, they were petering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been petering he, she, it has been petering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been petering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be petering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been petering Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Some believe the protests will eventually peter out. That hot-spot eruption lasted some 2 million years before petering out to a more modest flow. The effects of the devaluation are now petering out. The houses began to peter out, and eventually stopped. Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields. Within a very short distance of the airport, roads peter out to cattle tracks. 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 · Some believe the protests will eventually peter out.· The result has been a series of increasingly bizarre and destructive blowups that generally foment a lot of confusion be-fore petering out.· The houses began to peter out, and eventually stopped.· That hot-spot eruption lasted some 2 million years before petering out to a more modest flow.· Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields.· Within a very short distance of the airport, roads peter out to cattle tracks.· The effects of the devaluation are now petering out.· These stripes run right down the body, but peter out near the base of the tail. peter out phrasal verb to gradually become smaller, less, weaker etc and then come to an end:  The road became narrower and eventually petered out. Public interest in the environment is in danger of petering out.
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