tapering
adjective[only before noun]
uk/ˈteɪ.pə.rɪŋ/us/ˈteɪ.pɚ.ɪŋ/becominggraduallynarrowerat one end:
尖细的long, taperingfingers修长的手指
Theroofisheldup by 11 taperingconcretecolumns.这屋顶由十一根一头尖细的水泥柱支撑。
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taper
- The taperingsteelcolumnsthatsupporttheglasscurtainwallareperforatedwithhexagons.
- During arecentflight, Wolfnudgedthecontrolstickand his two-seat sailplanebankedleft,itslongtaperingwingscuttingthrough thewarmair.
- We couldseethe taperingshapeof the Qutb Minar, thevictorytowererectedby the firstMuslimsultan.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope
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