tapering

英 [ˈteɪpərɪŋ]

美 [ˈteɪpərɪŋ]

v. (使)逐渐变窄
taper的现在分词

现在分词：tapering　

BNC.22099 / COCA.30085

柯林斯词典

V-ERG (使)一端逐渐变细;(使)变锥形
If somethingtapers, or if youtaperit, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.
1. 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。
2. ...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers...
  手指修长纤细的一双美手
3. 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。
V-ERG 逐渐减少;逐渐缩小
If somethingtapersoris tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced.
1. There are signs that inflation is tapering...
  种种迹象显示，通货膨胀率在逐渐下降。
2. 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。
3. Taper offmeans the same astaper.
  taper off 同 taper
4. Immigration is expected to taper off...
  估计移民会越来越少。
5. 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。
细长蜡烛;点火木片
Ataperis a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires.

noun

the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
1. the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose

adj

gradually decreasing until little remains
Synonym:dwindlingtapering off
becoming gradually narrower
1. long tapering fingers
2. trousers with tapered legs
Synonym:taperednarrowing

Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines.
尖细身体的海生鱼，有盔甲头和毒刺。
Tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards.
弹子球或台球中用来撞击母球的尖细的杆子。
A close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel.
一种贴头的毛线帽；通常有一个尖细的穗尾。
TAIL: long, wide at base, and tapering. Fur long and flowing.
尾巴：很长，很粗的基部，向上逐渐变细，长满了蓬松的长毛。
A tall tapering spire.
高高的圆锥形的尖顶。
The doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose.
医生开了递减的药量。
This tapering period will allow your body to recover from all those months of training.
在这个减量期间，您的身体得以从为时数月的训练中恢复。
His hands were on the large side, with long, tapering fingers.
他的手相当大，手指修长，尖细。
Smooth-skinned deep-sea fish with a tapering body and long threadlike tail.
平滑表皮、锥形身体和鞭状尾巴的深海鱼。
Curved and tapering to a point; sickle-shaped.
钩状的弯曲的和一端尖细的；