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taper
英 [ˈteɪpə]
[NOUN, VERB]
1. [C 可数名词] 细长的蜡烛 , 点火木条
A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires.
双语例句
例：Taking up a candlestick, he touched the wick to a lighted taper.
他举起烛台，触摸一根燃着的蜡烛的烛芯。
NOUN. 名词
tapers , tapering , tapered
1. [I 不及物动词] 使逐渐变细 , 逐渐变细
If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.
双语例句
例：Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up.
和其他树不同，它不是越往上越细，而是上下一样粗。