| 单词 | taper |
| 释义 | taper (once / 816 pages) 1vn 2n 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. WORD FAMILYtaper: tapered, tapering, tapers+/tapering: taperings USAGE EXAMPLESCounty officials say that height would be focused along Wisconsin Avenue, tapering down as it reaches residential streets. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) Called a radome, it was a tapering multifaceted structure of interlocking triangles rising more than 400 feet. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Different decorative motifs proceed down the tapered legs, which resemble inverted obelisks. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1v diminish gradually Interested tapered off Hyper decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 2v give a point to The candles are tapered Syn|Hypo|Hyper point, sharpen acuminate make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 3n a convex shape that narrows toward a point Hyper convex shape, convexity a shape that curves or bulges outward 4n the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) 2Hypo|Hyper point, pointedness the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip unpointednessthe property of having only a dull tip (if any) narrowing an instance of becoming narrow 1n a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame Syn|Hypo|Hyper wick candlewick the wick of a candle cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads 2n stick of wax with a wick in the middle Syn|Hypo|Hyper candle, wax light chandlery candles and other commodities sold by a chandler dipa candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow rush candle, rushlighta tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick vigil candle, vigil lighta candle lighted by a worshiper in a church lamp an artificial source of visible illumination |
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