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taper 【taper】v.逐渐变细One end of a pencil is tapered off to a point.铅笔的一端逐渐尖细成一尖头。

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['teɪpər] 
taperdiminish gradually
To taper is to gradually grow smaller or more narrow or less intense. Taper is often used with the word "off." Part of the power of the Vietnam Memorial is in how the two walls appear to "taper off" into infinity.
It's a rare breed of person who can keep fighting for days and days and days. For most people, the desire for battle tapers off with time and exhaustion. The derivation of the word taper from the Latin papyrus is interesting but takes a while to explain. Your interest would taper off before I finished explaining it. The fact that a road appears to taper off into the distance is an optical illusion: It doesn't actually get narrower. It just appears to taper off.
All forms of 'taper' will appear on average once every 816 pages.tapertaperedtapering

Front	taper
Pron	['teɪpər]
Back	【taper】 v.逐渐变细 One end of a pencil is tapered off to a point. 铅笔的一端逐渐尖细成一尖头。
Vocab	taperdiminish gradually To taper is to gradually grow smaller or more narrow or less intense. Taper is often used with the word "off." Part of the power of the Vietnam Memorial is in how the two walls appear to "taper off" into infinity. It's a rare breed of person who can keep fighting for days and days and days. For most people, the desire for battle tapers off with time and exhaustion. The derivation of the word taper from the Latin papyrus is interesting but takes a while to explain. Your interest would taper off before I finished explaining it. The fact that a road appears to taper off into the distance is an optical illusion: It doesn't actually get narrower. It just appears to taper off. All forms of 'taper' will appear on average once every 816 pages. taper tapered tapering

Taper Gradually Word Days Appears Teɪpər V.逐渐变细 End