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tapered

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

锥形的,锥形,锥型,锥状的

Related Words

dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低recede退缩,退却,后退,消退abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降taper off缩减,逐渐减少,渐渐减少,渐渐消失bate篦子,篦子沟,篦头,篦箕drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的close关闭,密切,结束,靠近diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱rescind撤销,废止,取消,撤消narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了die away消亡,消逝,消亡了,逝去die out灭亡,消亡,熄灭,灭顶之灾wind down收场,收风,收尾工作,收工

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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdecrease to a point
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻bate篦子,篦子沟,篦头,篦箕close关闭,密切,结束,靠近come to a point到此为止,到此为止了,到头来,到了die away消亡,消逝,消亡了,逝去die out灭亡,消亡,熄灭,灭顶之灾diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小recede退缩,退却,后退,消退reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小rescind撤销,废止,取消,撤消subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细thin out瘦身,瘦了,削薄,稀疏wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了wind down收场,收风,收尾工作,收工
verbdecrease
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低recede退缩,退却,后退,消退subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降taper off缩减,逐渐减少,渐渐减少,渐渐消失bate篦子,篦子沟,篦头,篦箕close关闭,密切,结束,靠近diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小rescind撤销,废止,取消,撤消thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了die away消亡,消逝,消亡了,逝去die out灭亡,消亡,熄灭,灭顶之灾thin out瘦身,瘦了,削薄,稀疏wind down收场,收风,收尾工作,收工

Examples

  • It includes a taper level for fading and blending as well as zero-overlap.

  • In sports, this is why so many tapers end with a few short, intense efforts.

  • The lightly caffeinated beverage tapered my appetite while ensuring I had some nutrition.

  • My work with students tapered off dramatically in 2010, after I had my first child.

  • Emigration, which hit epic levels in the 1980s and 1990s, seems to have tapered off.

  • The former OC star, 26, was channelling Hollywood chic in a tapered tuxedo and bright orange lipstick.

  • Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph put their best tapered-pant-leg forward in this mock ad for the infamous pants.

  • Holaf still remained by my side, and his hand did not leave the oddly-carved butt of the tapered tube-gun.

  • The wood was sharpened like a lead pencil at one end, and a groove was cut out of the tapered part to hold the ink.

  • Provide a machine screw, S, for the hole C and drill a small tapered hole in the end of the screw.

  • The end of the pipe is tapered still more by rasping off the end.

  • If the branch is tapered with the rasp as shown the joint can be made very tight.

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