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NOUN. 名词1.?[C 可数名词] 细长的蜡烛 , 点火木条A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 双语例句例: Taking up a candlestick, he touched the wick to a lighted taper. 他举起烛台,触摸一根燃着的蜡烛的烛芯。
VERB. 动词tapers , tapering , tapered 1.?[I 不及物动词] 使逐渐变细 , 逐渐变细If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. 双语例句例: Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up. 和其他树不同,它不是越往上越细,而是上下一样粗。
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