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

• 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。
• Bond trading typically tapers off at the end of the year as fund managers close out their positions.
  在今年年末基金管理者平仓后，债券交易明显减少。
• Tailstock may be offset for turning tapers.
  尾座可抵消车削锥度。
• 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。
• Aiming at the security and credibility requirement of power protection equipment, power spectrum estimate algorithm which based on multiple orthonormal tapers is researched and modified in this paper.
  针对电力保护设备的安全性和可信赖性指标要求，研究了基于多正交窗分析的功率谱估计算法，并从计算量的角度出发对算法进行了改进。
• Risk increases primarily during the years of contraceptive use and tapers off during the10 yr after stopping.
  危险性增加主要是在服药期间，在停药后10年间逐渐减少。
• Genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium.
  包括柔软的菌丝体的且它的果体锥度以它的基部为准的真菌的属。
• 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。
• 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。
• The end of the wooden stick tapers to a point.
  木棍的下梢越来越细。