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

• One end of the wing tapers smoothly.
  机翼的一端平滑地变成尖细状。
• The church spire tapers off to a point.
  教堂的尖顶逐渐变细，形成了一个尖头儿。
• The tail is very thick at the base, and tapers to a point.
  尾巴很厚的基础上，并逐渐在同一点上。
• 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。
• The unfolded picture of intersection of2 inclined tapers is extremly complex and not easy to decide.
  斜圆锥体交线的展开图形状较复杂且不易确定，用常规的方法更难找到较好的解决方法。
• Tailstock may be offset for turning tapers.
  尾座可抵消车削锥度。
• The top of the rock tapers sharply.
  那块岩石的顶端猛然变得异常尖细。
• 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。
• Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value.
  尾巴呈锥形至形成一个点的左眼海生比目鱼；少有商业价值。
• Interfacial stress distribution on immediately loaded micro-implant with different tapers: Finite element analysis
  微植体锥度对即刻加载时界面应力分布影响的三维有限元分析