peter outWiktionary 原文英/ˌpiːtər‿ˈaʊt/美/ˌpitɚ‿ˈaʊt/构词拆解peter词干‘diminish to nothing’+out词干词源说明From peter (“diminish to nothing”, intransitive verb) + out. First attested in the mid-1800s.释义动词verb1intransitive, originally USSynonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).