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单词 fizzle
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fizzle

(fɪzəl)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense fizzles, present participle fizzling, past tense, past participle fizzled
verb
If something fizzles, it ends in a weak or disappointing way after starting off strongly.
Our relationship fizzled into nothing. [V + into/to]
[Also VERB]
Fizzle out means the same as fizzle.
The railway strike fizzled out on its second day as drivers returned to work. [VERB PARTICLE]
Synonyms: die away, fail, collapse, fold [informal] More Synonyms of fizzle

fizzle in British English

(ˈfɪzəl)
verb (intransitive)
1. 
to make a hissing or bubbling sound
2. (often foll by out) informal
to fail or die out, esp after a promising start
noun
3. 
a hissing or bubbling sound; fizz
4.  informal
an outright failure; fiasco
Word origin
C16: probably from obsolete fist to break wind

fizzle in American English

(ˈfɪzəl)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈfizzled or ˈfizzling
1. 
to make a hissing or sputtering sound
2.  Informal
to fail, esp. after a successful beginning
often with out
noun
3.  US, Informal
an attempt that ends in failure
Word origin
ME fesilen, to break wind silently, akin to fisten: see feist

Examples of 'fizzle' in a sentence
fizzle

But it was too soon for the family and things fizzled out.
The Sun (2016)
They needed dynamite but it just dipped and fizzled out.
The Sun (2009)
Sit there and let your career fizzle out?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We spent less time together and things fizzled out.
The Sun (2009)
They were together for a few months but the relationship just fizzled out.
The Sun (2011)
It was a really fun romance but it just kind of fizzled out.
The Sun (2013)
His career fizzled out and his pictures were forgotten until recently.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His harassment fizzled out and things were good.
The Sun (2010)
The relationship finally fizzled out when he met the younger woman who would become his second wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And at the same time ended a career that fizzled out like a damp squib.
The Sun (2013)
But then things appeared to fizzle out.
The Sun (2009)
But the relationship has fizzled out over the past month as the couple focus on their careers.
The Sun (2014)
Our season has slowly fizzled out.
The Sun (2013)
But the excitement quickly fizzled out.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The hunger strike fizzled out soon afterwards under pressure from the strikers' relatives.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We don't want to let the season fizzle out.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the doctors' strike mostly fizzled out.
The Sun (2012)
We don't want the season to fizzle out but we were taught a lesson today.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We can't let the season just fizzle away.
The Sun (2008)
I did it for three nights and then the strike fizzled out and they came back.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
It has just fizzled out.
The Sun (2010)
She said: 'It all just fizzled out.
The Sun (2013)
Unlike tornados, though, they are not attached to any clouds and usually fizzle out fairly quickly.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Afterwards I felt like he didn't respect me as it quickly fizzled out.
The Sun (2010)
But his career fizzled out in the UK in the 1990s.
The Sun (2011)
(verb) 
Definition
to fail or die out, esp. after a promising start
(informal 
The strike fizzled out on its first day.
Synonyms
die away
fail
Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly.
collapse
His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
fold (informal)
The company folded in 1990.
abort
fall through
The deal fell through.
peter out
The strike seemed to be petering out.
come to nothing
miss the mark
end in disappointment

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abort
Synonyms
fail,
collapse,
go wrong,
terminate,
not succeed
in the sense of collapse
Definition
to fail completely
His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
Synonyms
fail,
fold,
founder,
break down,
fall through,
come to nothing,
go belly-up (informal)
in the sense of fail
Definition
to stop operating
Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly.
Synonyms
give out,
disappear,
fade,
dim,
dwindle,
wane,
gutter,
languish,
peter out,
die away,
grow dim,
sink

Nearby words of
fizzle

  • fixed
  • fixity
  • fizz
  • fizzle
  • fizzy
  • flab
  • flabbergasted

Synonyms of 'fizzle'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of fall through
Definition
to fail before completion
The deal fell through.
Synonyms
fail,
be unsuccessful,
come to nothing,
fizzle out (informal),
miscarry,
go awry,
go by the board
in the sense of fold
Definition
(of a business, organization, or project) to fail or go bankrupt
The company folded in 1990.
Synonyms
go bankrupt,
close,
fail,
crash,
collapse,
founder,
shut down,
go under,
be ruined,
go bust (informal),
go to the wall,
go belly-up (slang)
in the sense of peter out
Definition
to come gradually to an end
The strike seemed to be petering out.
Synonyms
die out,
stop,
fail,
run out,
fade,
dwindle,
evaporate,
wane,
give out,
ebb,
come to nothing,
run dry,
taper off
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