| 单词 | die away |
| 释义 | die away From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdie away phrasal verbDISAPPEARQUIETif sound, wind, or light dies away, it becomes gradually weaker until you cannot hear, feel, or see itHer voice died away as she saw the look on David’s face.She waited until the footsteps had died away. → die→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdie away• You can see that the flames are dying away.• The sound of his footsteps grew fainter and eventually died away.• A shriek, like the tearing of metal train wheels along metal rails, died away.• Fenn froze, shoulders hunched, until the reverberations died away.• And now the uproar that he had finally raised was dying away, and a gratifying silence was descending once again.• The tumult died away, and presently Moon-Watcher could hear the sound of a body being dragged over rocks.• It is at this stage that suddenly the chorus of advice dies away and the armies of theoreticians depart.• The excitement died away and the crowd began to drift off down the side streets.• The wind died away completely, and we were left motionless as the fog rolled in.• As the rhythm of the music died away, screams could be heard in the distance. |
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