taper
vt.& vi. 逐漸變細,變尖; 逐漸減弱
n. 細蠟燭; 燈芯; 錐形物
If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.
Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up...
和別的樹不同,它不是越往上越細,而是上下一樣粗。
...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers...
手指修長纖細的一雙美手
If something tapers or is tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced.
There are signs that inflation is tapering...
種種跡象顯示,通貨膨脹率在逐漸下降。
If you take these drugs continuously, withdrawal must be tapered.
如果你一直在服用這些藥,停藥時一定要逐漸停。
A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires.
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
1. diminish gradually;
2. give a point to;
These increases taper off after a time , though, unless they enter management.
在一段時間之後, 除非他們能進入管理層,否則這種增長就會慢慢減少.
Shirley leaned forwards on the table, her taper fingers interlaced and compressing each other hard.
謝利欠身向前,靠著桌子, 尖細的手指交叉在一起,彼此鉤得緊緊的.
If wear, taper, or eccentricity is not too great, only honing will be required.
如果磨損造成錐度或偏心度不是很嚴重, 僅需要進行衍磨即可解決問題.
B 、 What shape is the flank of a taper?
圓錐的底面是()形,圓錐有()個底面.
Pulmonary arteries taper towards periphery.
肺動脈向周圍逐漸變細.