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tapering 音标拼音: [t'epɚɪŋ] a. 尖端细的 尖端细的 tapering adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; " long tapering fingers"; " trousers with tapered legs" [ synonym: { tapered}, { tapering}, { narrowing}] 2: gradually decreasing until little remains [ synonym: { dwindling}, { tapering}, { tapering off}] n 1: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; " the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose" Taper \ Ta" per\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Tapering}.] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end. [ 1913 Webster]
Tapering \ Ta" per* ing\, a. Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. -- { Ta" per* ing* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 38 Moby Thesaurus words for " tapering": acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, coarctation, cone- shaped, constriction, contraction, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, narrowing, needle- pointed, needle- sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp- pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, stricture, taper, tapered, tined, toothed, unbated
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