柯林斯詞典taper /?te?p?/ (tapering,tapered,tapers) 1. V-T/V-I If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. 使逐漸變細(xì); 逐漸變細(xì) Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up. 不像其他樹,它不是越往上越細(xì),而是自下往上一樣粗。2. taperedADJ 錐形的 ...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table. …梳妝臺(tái)那優(yōu)美的錐形腿。3. N-COUNT A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 細(xì)長(zhǎng)的蠟燭; 點(diǎn)火木條 Taking up a candlestick, he touched the wick to a lighted taper. 他擧起燭臺(tái),觸摸一根燃著的蠟燭的燭芯。 返回 taper劍橋詞典to become gradually narrower at one end, or to make something do this (使)一耑逐漸變窄 Then you'll come to a place where the pavement tapers off and the dirt road begins . 然後你就會(huì)走到一個(gè)地方,人行道逐漸變窄,然後變成泥地。 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞taper off 返回 taper