fizzle

fizzle
verb
  1. [no obj.]make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound
    发出微弱的嘶嘶声（或爆裂声）
    the strobe lights fizzled and flickered.
    那些频闪闪光灯嘶嘶暗响，闪烁不定。
    ■end or fail in a weak or disappointing way
    成为泡影，失败；夭折
    their threatened revolt fizzled out at yesterday's meeting.
    他们扬言要进行的叛乱在昨天的会议上夭折了。
noun
  1. a feeble hissing or spluttering sound
    （微弱的）嘶嘶声；爆裂声
    the electric fizzle of the waves.
    那些波产生的电流嘶嘶声。
    ■a failure
    失败
    in the end the fireworks were a fizzle.
    最后焰火施放失败了。
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'break wind quietly'): probably imitative (compare with fizz), but perhaps related to Middle English fist (see feisty). Current senses date from the 19th cent
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