tapers是什么意思？

tapers

• n. （长形物体的）逐渐变窄( taper的名词复数 )，微弱的光，极细的蜡烛；

例句

• Financial aid generally tapers off after the first year of college. 助学金在大学一年级以后就逐步减少.
• She put five tapers on the cake. 她在蛋糕上放了五只小蜡烛.
• The pencil tapers to a sharp point. 铅笔的一段细成笔尖.
• 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.

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.