Peter out
逐渐消失, 耗尽
🧩 词语组成解析
peter
[['pi:tə]]
vi. 逐渐消失, 逐渐减少
out
[aʊt]
adv. 出局;在外，在外部;完全，彻底;出版;
prep. （表示来源）从;（从…里）出来;（表示不在原状态）脱离;离去;
vt. 使熄灭;揭露;驱逐;
adj. 外面的;出局的;下台的;外围的;
n. 不流行;出局;
🗣️ 情景例句
And I love you. Isn't that enough?
我爱你。难道这还不够吗?
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.
做贼心虚，良心自诛。
Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.
对英国人来说，值得庆幸的是英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组，负责理那些把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求。