die down

英 [daɪ daʊn]

美 [daɪ daʊn]

减弱; 逐渐平息

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 减弱;逐渐平息
  If somethingdies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
  1. The rain remained steady though the wind had died down...
     尽管风势已经减弱，雨还是下个不停。
  2. The controversy is unlikely to die down.
     争议不大可能平息。

英英释义

verb

• become progressively weaker
  1. the laughter died down
• suffer from a disease that kills shoots
  1. The plants near the garage are dying back
  Synonym:die back

双语例句

• When do things start to die down at the bar?
  酒吧生意几点后开始冷清？
• People often chuckle about the forecasting skills of economists, but after the sniggers die down, they keep demanding more forecasts.
  人们经常会对经济学家的预测技巧轻声嘲笑，但嘲笑之后，他们还是不断要求更多的预测。
• Either way, the rumpus will die down in time.
  无论你做何选择，喧嚣迟早都会平息。
• Ok, I'll take your advice and wait for the wind to die down.
  好吧，我采纳你的建议，等风小下去。
• Modacrylic self-extinguishing fibre Unless the passion of it is to die down, it must somehow assert its universality.
  变性聚丙烯腈自熄纤维除非爱情熄灭，它会肯定自己的普遍性。
• "After a while, the wind began to die down."
  “过了一会儿，风开始减弱。”
• The shouting outside suddenly began to die down.
  大门外的呼噪蓦地低落下去了。
• There may be dead leaves and dead plants on the grass. Plants often die down in winter.
  草地上还有枯叶和枯萎的植物。草木往往冬天枯死。
• The second line of a couplet: sick, sick, drink drink drink every day. Streamer: drink die down.
  下联：有病喝、没病喝、每天都喝。横批：喝死拉倒。
• I think we can now let a long-standing and divisive debate die down.
  我想，我们现在可以结束众说纷纭、喋喋不休的辩论了。