tapering
adjective [ only before noun ] uk/ˈteɪ.pə.rɪŋ/ us/ˈteɪ.pɚ.ɪŋ/
尖细的
becoming gradually narrower at one end
long, tapering fingers 修长的手指
The roof is held up by 11 tapering concrete columns. 这屋顶由十一根一头尖细的水泥柱支撑。
See: taper
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- The tapering steel columns that support the glass curtain wall are perforated with hexagons.
- During a recent flight, Wolf nudged the control stick and his two-seat sailplane banked left, its long tapering wings cutting through the warm air.
- We could see the tapering shape of the Qutb Minar, the victory tower erected by the first Muslim sultan.