英语词汇“to taper off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative. to taper off (away, down): To become gradually less in intensity, etc.; also colloquial to leave off a process or habit by degrees, esp. to diminish gradually the quantity or potency of one's drink.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > gradually

meltc1225

dwindle1598

to die down1836

to trail off1845

to taper off (away, down)1848

to tail off (out)1854

to tail away1860

fritter1874

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > moderation in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > reduce amount of drinking

to taper off (away, down)1848

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce gradually

to wane away1601

wear1697

wean1707

whittle1736

to tail off (out)1827

to ease off1884

to taper off (away, down)1898

to run down1960

to wind down1969

1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. iv. 66 It's hard to give up old habits, all at once. If I could only taper off on a pint a day, [etc.].

1848 D. Webster Let. 18 Sept. in Private Corr. (1857) II. 285 My catarrh has been..severe. I hope it will soon begin to taper off.

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xii. 218 We saw him tapering away till he appeared a mere speck, as he went down the mountain-side, and finally disappeared altogether.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iii. 109 He makes..an unavailing effort to ‘taper off’ [from the use of ardent spirits].

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 947 If [the murmur] begin with the diastole of the heart and taper off during the pause, it is an easy sign to interpret.

1903 Smart Set 9 12/2 I had been drinking hard for six months, and there was no such thing as clipping it short all at once. I had an idea of tapering off.

1960 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Nov. 13/1 Carloadings ‘taper down’ starting in mid-November, when the bulk of Christmas shipping has been completed.

1971 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 2/7 The deal is worth nearly £4-a-week more to the lower grades tapering down to £2 at the top end.

单词	to taper off
释义	> as lemmas to taper off (away, down) b. figurative. to taper off (away, down): To become gradually less in intensity, etc.; also colloquial to leave off a process or habit by degrees, esp. to diminish gradually the quantity or potency of one's drink. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > gradually meltc1225 dwindle1598 to die down1836 to trail off1845 to taper off (away, down)1848 to tail off (out)1854 to tail away1860 fritter1874 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > moderation in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > reduce amount of drinking to taper off (away, down)1848 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce gradually to wane away1601 wear1697 wean1707 whittle1736 to tail off (out)1827 to ease off1884 to taper off (away, down)1898 to run down1960 to wind down1969 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. iv. 66 It's hard to give up old habits, all at once. If I could only taper off on a pint a day, [etc.]. 1848 D. Webster Let. 18 Sept. in Private Corr. (1857) II. 285 My catarrh has been..severe. I hope it will soon begin to taper off. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xii. 218 We saw him tapering away till he appeared a mere speck, as he went down the mountain-side, and finally disappeared altogether. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. iii. 109 He makes..an unavailing effort to ‘taper off’ [from the use of ardent spirits]. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 947 If [the murmur] begin with the diastole of the heart and taper off during the pause, it is an easy sign to interpret. 1903 Smart Set 9 12/2 I had been drinking hard for six months, and there was no such thing as clipping it short all at once. I had an idea of tapering off. 1960 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Nov. 13/1 Carloadings ‘taper down’ starting in mid-November, when the bulk of Christmas shipping has been completed. 1971 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 2/7 The deal is worth nearly £4-a-week more to the lower grades tapering down to £2 at the top end. extracted from taperv. < as lemmas
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