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单词 to trail off
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to trail off
b. to trail off (fig.): to ‘go off’ in a careless, casual, or indefinite way into something; to tail off.
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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > finish speaking
to shut up1626
to trail off1845
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > gradually
meltc1225
dwindle1598
to die down1836
to trail off1845
to taper off (away, down)1848
to tail off (out)1854
to tail away1860
fritter1874
1845 C. Dickens Cricket on Hearth iii. 142 The soft-hearted Slowboy trailed off at this juncture, into such a deplorable howl..that [etc.].
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xvi. 319 Twemlow..trails off into ‘—actly so’.
1967 W. Styron Confessions Nat Turner i. 32 I heard Hark's voice trail off in something like a stifled laugh, a gurgle of satisfaction.
1982 Times 16 June 17/1 The export expansion should trail off substantially this year.
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