taper
美音:[´teıpə
]
英音:[´teıpə
]
n.锥形,锥度 v.逐渐变细,逐渐减少
难易程度:
taper为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:taperingly 动词过去式:tapered 过去分词:tapered 现在分词:tapering 第三人称单数:tapers
近义词, 同义词
be narrow narrow taper contract render narrow waste away thinnarrow close slender thin fine thread-like tapered slim scant scanty spare delicate contracted unexpanded emaciated lean meager gaunt lanky skinny scrawny
相关词
taper
/'teɪpə(r); `tepɚ/
n length of wax-covered thread like a very thin candle burned to give light or to light other candles, etc 蜡捻子, 细蜡烛（点燃後用以照明或引火）
*put a taper to the fire 用蜡捻儿引火.
/'teɪpə(r); `tepɚ/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ (sth) (off) (to sth) become or make (sth) gradually narrower 逐渐变窄; 使（某物）逐渐变窄
*tapering at the ends 末端渐窄
* a blade that tapers off to a fine point 缩窄成细尖的叶片
* The trouser legs are slightly tapered. 裤腿逐渐向里收窄了一些. Cf 参看 flare2.
2 [Ip, Tn.p] ~ (sth) off (cause sth to) become less in amount, etc or to cease gradually （使某物）变少, 变小; （使某物）逐渐终止
*The number of applicants for the course has been tapering off recently. 申请上该课程的人近来已逐渐减少.
* taper off production 逐渐停产.
n (usu sing 通常作单数) gradual narrowing of a long object （长形物体的）逐渐变窄
*trousers with a slight taper 裤脚稍瘦进一些的长裤.
n length of wax-covered thread like a very thin candle burned to give light or to light other candles, etc 蜡捻子, 细蜡烛（点燃後用以照明或引火）
*put a taper to the fire 用蜡捻儿引火.
/'teɪpə(r); `tepɚ/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ (sth) (off) (to sth) become or make (sth) gradually narrower 逐渐变窄; 使（某物）逐渐变窄
*tapering at the ends 末端渐窄
* a blade that tapers off to a fine point 缩窄成细尖的叶片
* The trouser legs are slightly tapered. 裤腿逐渐向里收窄了一些. Cf 参看 flare2.
2 [Ip, Tn.p] ~ (sth) off (cause sth to) become less in amount, etc or to cease gradually （使某物）变少, 变小; （使某物）逐渐终止
*The number of applicants for the course has been tapering off recently. 申请上该课程的人近来已逐渐减少.
* taper off production 逐渐停产.
n (usu sing 通常作单数) gradual narrowing of a long object （长形物体的）逐渐变窄
*trousers with a slight taper 裤脚稍瘦进一些的长裤.
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