Taper
['teɪpə] or ['tepɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone).
(noun.) a convex shape that narrows toward a point.
(verb.) diminish gradually; 'Interested tapered off'.
安琪編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
(n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
(a.) Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
(v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
(v. t.) To make or cause to taper.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Light, small candle.
a. Conical, pyramidal, tapering.
v. a. Make taper, make conical.
v. n. Take a conical form, have a conical shape.
錄入:米尔顿
解釋/意思:
n. a small wax-candle or light: tapering form.—adj. narrowed towards the point like a taper: long and slender.—v.i. to become gradually smaller towards one end.—v.t. to make to taper.—adj. Tā′pering growing gradually thinner.—adv. Tā′peringly in a tapering manner.—n. Tā′perness state of being taper.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Her round taper fingers flew in and out of her sewing, as steadily and swiftly as if that were the business of her life. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Shirley leaned forwards on the table, her nostrils dilating a little, her taper fingers interlaced and compressing each other hard. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She lay between us, and the red light; and every taper line and spar was visible against the glow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- This means the manufacture of cues according to weight, as well as taper, material, finish and quality of the tip. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall down over her round wrist. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The taper was still on the table, and by its light I glanced to see what the paper was which Brunton had taken from the bureau. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The tube is 52 feet long, 4 feet diameter in the middle, tapering to a little over 3 feet at the ends. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Before this latter operation, the finished tapering, smoothing, varnishing and polishing is done by hand. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- At the narrow end of the cue, the tapering ceases about three-quarters of an inch from the end and flanges out according to the kind of tip the player prefers. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The body of the one-man air craft is about sixteen feet long, two feet wide and three inches thick, tapering to a point at each end. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- This, too, receives a rough rotundity and tapering on a lathe. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is a long, light canoe (caique,) large at one end and tapering to a knife blade at the other. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- You will be found out by your tapering waist and large bosom. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The transverse channel through the breech is tapered, and the sliding breech block X is slightly wedge-shaped to fit tightly therein. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It is bright, keen-edged, finely tapered; it is dangerous-looking. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- One of these is then roughly turned down on a lathe until it is round and slightly tapers all the way from one end to the other. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
編輯:洛拉