taper off
phrasal verbwithtaperverb[IorT]uk/ˈteɪ.pər/us/ˈteɪ.pɚ/
tobecomegraduallynarrowerat one end:
Then you'll come to aplacewhere thepavementtapersoff and thedirtroadbegins.
tobecomegraduallysmallerorweaker, orhappenless often:
逐渐变小；逐步减弱Hervoicetaperedoff as sherealizedeveryone waslistening.当她意识到大家都在听时，她的声音就越来越小了。
Sales havegraduallytaperedoff.销售额逐渐下滑。
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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