taper是什么意思？

taper

英[ˈteɪpə(r)] 美[ˈtepɚ]

• vt.& vi. 逐渐变细，变尖，逐渐减弱；
• n. 细蜡烛，灯芯，锥形物；

复数：tapers;

第三人称单数：tapers;

过去式：tapered;

过去分词：tapered;

现在分词：tapering;

例句

• Shirley leaned forwards on the table, her taper fingers interlaced and compressing each other hard. 谢利欠身向前,靠着桌子, 尖细的手指交叉在一起,彼此钩得紧紧的.
• 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。
• 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。
• Place Taper - lock Bushing and Timing Belt Pulley on the transmission shaft. 将锥面紧固套与同步带轮装在传动轮上.
• 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。
• If the charcoal does fail to light, use a special liquid spray and light it with a long taper. 要是木炭确实着不了的话，使用一种特殊的液体喷剂，再用长木片将其点燃。

同义词

• vt. & vi.
  taper的同义词之：减少;减小
  lessen, diminish, contract, narrow,
• taper的同义词之：其他释义
  lamp, lessen, candle, sharpen, contract, narrow, diminish,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (使)一端逐渐变细;(使)变锥形
  If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.
  例句
  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。 ...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers... 手指修长纤细的一双美手
• V-ERG
  逐渐减少;逐渐缩小
  If something tapers or is tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced.
  例句
  There are signs that inflation is tapering... 种种迹象显示，通货膨胀率在逐渐下降。 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。
• N-COUNT
  细长蜡烛;点火木片
  A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires.

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  (使)一端逐渐变细；(使)成锥形
  The pencil tapers to a sharp point. 铅笔的一段细成笔尖。 He tapered the stick with a knife. 他用小刀把棍子的一端削尖。
  (使)逐渐减少；(使)逐渐减弱
  Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。
  (使)逐渐减少；(使)逐渐减弱
  Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。 The economic boom tapered off in the 1970s. 经济繁荣在七十年代慢慢消失了。
• n.
  极细的蜡烛
  She put five tapers on the cake. 她在蛋糕上放了五只小蜡烛。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a convex shape that narrows toward a point
  2. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
  3. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
  4. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
• Verb
  1. diminish gradually;
  "Interested tapered off"
  2. give a point to;
  "The candles are tapered"

行业词典

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