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taper

/tey-per/US // ˈteɪ pər //UK // (ˈteɪpə) //

锥度,锥形,锥体,锥形的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
    • : to grow gradually lean.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make gradually smaller toward one end.
    • : to reduce gradually.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
    • : gradual decrease of force, capacity, etc.
    • : anything having a tapering form, as a spire or obelisk.
    • : a candle, especially a very slender one.
    • : a long wick coated with wax, tallow, or the like, as for use in lighting candles or gas.
  1. 1
    • : taper off, to become gradually more slender toward one end.to cease by degrees; decrease; diminish: The storm is beginning to taper off now. I haven't stopped smoking entirely, but I'm tapering off to three cigarettes a day.

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Examples

  • However, the publication is already seeing some of that taper off.

  • One of the most vexing problems for athletes is figuring out how to time their heat adaptation prior to a competition, without messing up their taper, their travel plans, and perhaps their final stint of altitude training.

  • This microphone is fine-tuned to capture spoken word and voice at a production-level standard, and it exhibits a high presence bump in the upper midrange with a gradual downward taper until its response drops significantly at the low end.

  • The Federal Reserve surprised the market Wednesday with new hints about its timeline for a rate liftoff — and an acknowledgment of taper talk.

  • The sidecut, rocker profile, and taper do much of the work for you, allowing for a loose, playful ride off-piste and, yes, even a carved turn back on trail with just a slight roll of the ankle.

  • After that time, it is my hope that things will taper off a bit.

  • In January, the Fed will start to scale back—taper—its bond purchases, from $85 billion per month to $75 billion.

  • Gabrielle Taper, 19, sat next to her two teenage friends and nibbled on crawfish and Andouille, a type of sausage made from pork.

  • Markets would have to defend against the possibility of a strong report reigniting October taper expectations.

  • This is the dreaded “taper” that has lately given stock markets nausea.

  • She blushed and declined, and, with the refusal on her very lips, fished it out with her taper fingers.

  • Then the porter lifted a taper, and, followed by the young lad, began to make the tour of the church.

  • I suppose it to have been large, for, with the help of the feeble taper, I could scarcely distinguish the walls.

  • I then desired my young companions to follow, and giving one taper with little ceremony to the abbess, said to her, 'Forward!'

  • One by one the delicate candle flames sprang from the taper and a soft light illumined the pale rich chamber.