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

• I had to get down that rock face, do or die down, before nightfall.
  天黑前我只得不顾死活，从那块岩石上下来了。
• We're all gonna die down here.
  我们全部要死在这了。
• 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。
• 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。
• When do things start to die down at the bar?
  酒吧生意几点后开始冷清？
• I loved you once, perhaps that love has yet to die down thoughly within my soul;
  也许在我的心里还没有完全消亡，但愿它不会再打扰你；
• Wait for the wind to die down, or what?
  等死还是怎么着？
• Summer crowds die down as kids go back to school, and airfares and hotel rates fall with the leaves.
  随着落叶飘零，学生返校，避免了夏季避暑人群高峰，机票和酒店价格这时候也跟着下降。
• The party didn't die down until about four in the morning.
  一直到早上4点聚会的人群才渐渐散去。
• When the fire reached the town, it began to die down, because there was nothing left to burn.
  当火到达这里的时候，火势变小了，因为没有什么可烧的。