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

• 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。
• Perhaps that love has yet to die down thoroughly within my soul;
  也许爱情并为完全从我的心底消失；
• 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。
• 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。
• While things seem quite dire, if the Church will fast and pray together as one, the turmoil will die down and God will protect the world from a terrible war.
  尽管事情看起来非常危急，如果教会能够在一个身体里面同心禁食祷告，这些的动荡会逐渐平息，而上帝会保护全世界远离可怕的战争。
• Wait for the wind to die down, or what?
  等死还是怎么着？
• An e-book reader ( if for some reason your laptop batteries die down, you can use your time productively)
  带一个电子书阅读器（以免你的电脑如果死机了，你可以有效率地利用你的时间）
• I'm not gonna let you die down here.
  我不想你死在这下面。
• 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。
• 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。