tapering
adj. 尖端細的
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. the act of gradually lowering the size or amount;
1. gradually narrowed toward a point;
2. becoming gradually narrower;
3. gradually decreasing until little remains
Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off.
人們對那件醜聞的興趣似乎越來越小了.
Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down.
非生產性開支一直在下降.
Her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes.
她的腳巧妙地伸向了前端尖細的鞋子裡.
Her foot pointed artfully toward tapering shoes.
她的腳巧妙地伸向了前端尖細的鞋子裡。
There are signs that inflation is tapering.
種種跡象顯示,通貨膨脹率在逐漸下降。