fiz·zle /ˈfɪzəl/
嘶嘶聲,失敗(vi.)發嘶嘶聲,失敗
fiz·zle v. i. [imp. & p. p. fizzled p. pr. & vb. n. fizzling ]
1. To make a hissing sound.
It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done,
As plain as fizzling. --B. Jonson.
2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking, especially after a good start; to achieve nothing. [Colloq. or Low]
To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence: to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]
fiz·zle, n. A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco. [Colloq.]
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fizzle
v : end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper
ending" [syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle out]