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单词 damp squib
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damp squib
d. figurative or in figurative contexts. damp squib, something that fails ignominiously to satisfy the expectations aroused by it; an anti-climax, a disappointment.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints
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damp squib1963
1846 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) i. 20 The literary gentleman having finished, like a damp squib with a good bang, resumed his seat.
1963 Times 6 Mar. 11/3 Possibly because too much was expected of it, the long-range study of Britain's transport needs by a Ministry of Transport group under Sir Robert Hall is something of a damp squib.
1976 Yorkshire Evening Press 9 Dec. 8/5 I came here thinking this Scarborough business would cause fireworks, but I have never known such a damp squib.
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