| 单词 | tapering |
| 释义 | tapering (once / 2710 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY tapering: taperings+/taper: tapered, tapering, tapers USAGE EXAMPLESCounty officials say that height would be focused along Wisconsin Avenue, tapering down as it reaches residential streets. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) Called a radome, it was a tapering multifaceted structure of interlocking triangles rising more than 400 feet. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) But barring a surprise, sharp and sustained improvement in the outlook, the question about tapering should return only in the second half of 2017. Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) 1n the act of gradually lowering the size or amount the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose Hyper lowering the act of causing to become less 2adj becoming gradually narrower long tapering fingers Syn narrowing, tapered narrow not wide 3adj gradually decreasing until little remains Syn dwindling, tapering off decreasing becoming less or smaller |
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