英 [ˈteɪpəd] 美 [ˈteɪpərd]
adj. 锥形的
v. 逐渐变少（taper 的过去式和过去分词）
taper /ˈteɪpə/ [ tapering tapered tapers ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. 使逐渐变细; 逐渐变细
Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up.
不像其他树，它不是越往上越细，而是自下往上一样粗。
形容词 锥形的
...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table.
…梳妆台那优美的锥形腿。
可数名词 A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 细长的蜡烛; 点火木条
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。
锥形增益-引用次数：1
渐变式-引用次数：1
参考来源宽带弯折线天线研究
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tapered 锥形的 Elsa Schiaparelli 艾尔萨•夏帕瑞丽（1890-1973），意大利著名时装设计师。
... blockunky粗跟； tapered尖跟； blade薄片跟； ...
Edges of plates metal removal from 由加工板边去除金属 tapered 锥度 Efficiency around openings for welded attachments 焊缝系数，环绕焊接附件孔口 ..
... torque vibr 旋转挽回振动 tapered weary 圆锥孔 torque sensor 转矩传感器 ...
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"Obelisks" (tall four-sided tapered monuments) were carefully constructed and even purposefully geographically located around 3500 BC.
“方尖碑”（高大的四边锥形纪念碑）是在公元前3500年精心建造的，甚至在地理位置上也是有目的的。
The tail tapered to a rounded tip.
尾部越来越细，最后成了个圆尖。
The pots are wide at the base and tapered at the top.
这些壶底部粗，顶部细。
The twenty-five years I have lived since then tapered to a palpitating point and vanished. This is a remarkable passage to me.
那以后生活的二十五年，就惭渐缩小成一个颤栗的点,以致终于消失了，这个段落非常值得注意。
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Ridiculously fragile wings, perfect stripes and tapered bodies, altogether finely worked they were like very tiny toys.
They tapered the form as it rose, to express lighter structural loads and to minimize the profile.
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