新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

taper

英  [ˈteɪpə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 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。

    VERB. 动词
  • 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。