squib

noun

1. 小爆竹
   a small firework

1. PHRASE 未取得预期效果的事;失败;落空
   You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
   1. The all-party meeting was a damp squib.
      全党大会没有取得预期效果。

1. The all-party meeting was a damp squib.
   全党大会没有取得预期效果。
2. It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.
   不过它就像一个受潮了的爆竹，既没有给出坚决的建议，也没有提出新的规章或者法规。
3. So far the torpedo has proved a damp squib, with observers arguing that Europe has not gained any leverage to press its demands.
   迄今为止，鱼雷已经证明只是一记哑炮。观察者称，欧洲没有获得任何筹码来强调其要求。
4. The joke which I thought would make her laugh, proved a damp squib.
   我本以为这笑话能博得她一笑，结果却毫无反应。
5. Yesterday's test may have been designed to prove to itself and to the world that Pyongyang has improved its capabilities since the 2006 blast, which some military experts suggested might have been something of a damp squib.
   周一的核试验可能旨在向本国和全世界证明，自上次试验以来，朝鲜已提高了核能力一些军事专家认为，2006年的核爆炸可能并未成功。
6. After all that media attention, the whole event turned out a bit of a damp squib with almost nobody attending.
   媒介对此事都十分关注，而结果是因为几乎无人参加而使整件事泡了汤。
7. Today, the bang from that easy buck also appears to have shrunk to a small squib.
   这一回，廉价资金带来的巨响，似乎也变成了个小哑炮。
8. The Copenhagen climate accord may have been a damp squib, but it pushed governments a bit further in the right direction.
   哥本哈根气候协议也许令人失望，但它推动各国政府向着正确方向稍微迈进了一步。
9. Neville's family thinks he may be a Squib.
   纳威的家人认为他也许是一个哑炮。
10. German-led initiative set hopes flickering when mooted early this year, but reforms finally agreed in March proved a damp squib.
    一场有德国发起的希望在今年早些时候能够有所突破，但最终在三月通过的改革最还是成了一纸空文。
11. Filch is a squib, which means that he was born of a wizarding family but cannot do magic.
    费尔奇是个哑炮，意思是他出身于巫师家庭但不会魔法。
12. Urban Water Supply Pipe network of Computer Incidents Squib Valve Clearance
    城市供水管网爆管事故的计算机关阀
13. Repairing driver squib term shorted to ground
    维修短路接地的驱动器点火端
14. However, for those seeking hard evidence of what this summit signifies, it may be a damp squib.
    然而，对那些试图为这场峰会的意义寻找确凿证据的人而言，它或许会是一门哑炮。
15. The pop concert went off like a damp squib when the main act failed to appear.
    由于主要演员没出场，那流行音乐会结果失败了。
16. Does that mean Pittsburgh will be a damp squib?
    这是否预示着匹兹堡峰会将会无所作为呢？
17. North Korea's nuclear test was a damp squib in market terms.
    北朝的核实验对于市场而言，也不过是一枚哑炮而已。
18. Analysis of reason about the squib of front screen superheater of No.2 boiler at the power plant provided for oneself of WISCO
    武钢自备电厂2~锅炉前屏过热器爆管原因分析
19. And boiler waterwall operating environment is very bad, during the operating some accidents usually happen such as over-temperature oxidation, corrosion and even squib.
    并且锅炉水冷壁运行环境恶劣，在运行期间多会发生高温氧化起皮、腐蚀甚至爆管等事故。

n.

a damp squib

• 哑炮；令人失望的事；令人扫兴的事
  an event that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or impressive as expected

noun

1. firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise