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taper n.锥形,锥度 v.逐渐变细,逐渐减少 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. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)一端逐渐变细；(使)变锥形 If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.   [V]  [V-ing]  [V n]  [Also V prep]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。...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers...手指修长纤细的一双美手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。tapered...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table.梳妆台线条优美的锥形腿2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]逐渐减少；逐渐缩小 If something tapers or is tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced.   [V]  [be V-ed]  [V P]  [V P n (not pron)]  [Also V n P]There are signs that inflation is tapering...种种迹象显示，通货膨胀率在逐渐下降。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。Taper off means the same as taper .taper off 同 taperImmigration is expected to taper off...估计移民会越来越少。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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]细长蜡烛；点火木片 A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 相关词组：taper off

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['teipə(r)] 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. ★☆☆☆☆

英语单词	taper
英美音标	['teipə(r)]
中文释义	n.锥形,锥度 v.逐渐变细,逐渐减少
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
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柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)一端逐渐变细；(使)变锥形 If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. [V] [V-ing] [V n] [Also V prep] 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。 ...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers... 手指修长纤细的一双美手 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。 tapered ...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table. 梳妆台线条优美的锥形腿 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]逐渐减少；逐渐缩小 If something tapers or is tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced. [V] [be V-ed] [V P] [V P n (not pron)] [Also V n P] There are signs that inflation is tapering... 种种迹象显示，通货膨胀率在逐渐下降。 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。 Taper off means the same as taper .taper off 同 taper Immigration is expected to taper off... 估计移民会越来越少。 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]细长蜡烛；点火木片 A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 相关词组： taper off

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