| 释义 |
peter out
steadily weaken or decrease and come to an end渐趋消失；逐渐停止
*Her enthusiasm for dancing petered out and she stopped going to lessons．她对舞蹈的热情已渐趋消失，而且已不再去上课了。
*The enemy's supplies petered out．敌人的给养耗尽了。
*As he thought of her， his anger slowly petered out．一想到她，他的怒气就慢慢平息了。 |