taper

1. V-T/V-I If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. 使逐漸變細(xì); 逐漸變細(xì)

Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up. 不像其他樹，它不是越往上越細(xì)，而是自下往上一樣粗。

2. taperedADJ 錐形的

...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table. …梳妝臺(tái)那優(yōu)美的錐形腿。

3. N-COUNT A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 細(xì)長的蠟燭; 點(diǎn)火木條

Taking up a candlestick, he touched the wick to a lighted taper. 他舉起燭臺(tái)，觸摸一根燃著的蠟燭的燭芯。