peter out
phrasal verbwithpeterverbuk/ˈpiː.tər/us/ˈpiː.t̬ɚ/
tograduallystopordisappear:
逐渐停止;慢慢消失Thefightingwhichstartedin thenighthad petered out bymorning.夜间开始的战斗到早晨逐渐平息了。
Thetrackpetered out after amileor so.大约一英里后,小路逐渐消失了。
Coming to an end
- closure
- cloture
- come
- come off
- come out
- come to a full stopidiom
- come to a headidiom
- end
- finish up
- finishing line
- fizzle
- fizzle out
- go out (of) the windowidiom
- head
- land up
- let
- road
- taper
- taper off
- windsomethingup