taper

1. V-T/V-I If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. 使逐渐变细; 逐渐变细

Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up. 不像其他树，它不是越往上越细，而是自下往上一样粗。

2. taperedADJ 锥形的

...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table. …梳妆台那优美的锥形腿。

3. N-COUNT A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires. 细长的蜡烛; 点火木条

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。