English Dictionary

peter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpiːtə/

動詞

(most often used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

日本語の意味

次第に衰える / 徐々に減少する / 最終的に消え行く

By the third hour the crowd's enthusiasm began to peter, leaving only a handful of attentive listeners.

3時間が経った頃には、聴衆の熱意は次第にしぼみ、注意深く聴いている人はごくわずかになった。

意味（1）

(most often used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.

peters （ present singular third-person ）

petering （ participle present ）

petered （ participle past ）

petered （ past ）