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tapers

英 [ˈteɪpəz]

美 [ˈteɪpərz]

v.  (使)逐渐变窄
n.  (点火用的)木条,纸媒; 细长蜡烛; 渐减; 逐渐缩小(或变细)
taper的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  • V-ERG (使)一端逐渐变细;(使)变锥形
    If somethingtapers, or if youtaperit, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.
    1. Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up...
      和别的树不同,它不是越往上越细,而是上下一样粗。
    2. ...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers...
      手指修长纤细的一双美手
    3. Taper the shape of your eyebrows towards the outer corners.
      把你的眉毛修剪成越往外眼角越细的月牙形。
  • V-ERG 逐渐减少;逐渐缩小
    If somethingtapersoris tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced.
    1. There are signs that inflation is tapering...
      种种迹象显示,通货膨胀率在逐渐下降。
    2. If you take these drugs continuously, withdrawal must be tapered.
      如果你一直在服用这些药,停药时一定要逐渐停。
    3. Taper offmeans the same astaper.
      taper off 同 taper
    4. Immigration is expected to taper off...
      估计移民会越来越少。
    5. I suggested that we start to taper off the counseling sessions.
      我建议我们开始缩短咨询服务的时间。
  • 细长蜡烛;点火木片
    Ataperis a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires.

    双语例句

    • It measures all external dimensions including threads, tapers, angles, radii, lenght, diameters, etc.
      可检测的参数包括:螺纹中径,大径,锥角,圆弧,长度,直径等。
    • They had red tapers on the table at Christmastime.
      在圣诞节期间他们在桌子上点红色的细蜡烛。
    • She eats complex carbs at the beginning of the day and tapers off.
      吃复合碳水化合物,她在一天的开始和逐渐减少。
    • A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building ( usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
      一种作为建筑物的上部结构的高塔(通常是在一个教堂或是一座庙里)顶上的锥形还具有一个尖。
    • Moderate width at the back of the skull tapers gradually to a strong muzzle.
      头颅后方宽度中等,向口吻方向逐渐变细,口吻结实。
    • One end of the wing tapers smoothly.
      机翼的一端平滑地变成尖细状。
    • The top of the rock tapers sharply.
      那块岩石的顶端猛然变得异常尖细。
    • If sales growth tapers off faster than expected or if systems spending becomes a bottomless pit, you can halve that valuation for starters.
      如果销售额的增速下降得比预期要快,或者,如果系统支出变成一个无底洞,你可以把这些初创企业的估值砍掉一半。
    • The damage tapers off the farther you get from ground zero.
      离核爆区越远,破坏越小。
    • The river soon tapers into a stream as you follow it up the mountain.
      你沿着这条河登山而上,会发现它很快变成一小溪。