tapers

n.

（长形物体的）逐渐变窄( taper的名词复数 )；微弱的光；极细的蜡烛；

taper angle锥角，锥度角；尖角

taper roller锥形滚柱

taper roller bearing[机械]圆锥滚柱轴承

taper thread锥管螺纹

taper shank锥柄

taper hole锥孔，锥形孔

taper off逐渐变细；逐渐减少

morse taper莫尔斯锥度

taper sleeve锥形套筒；锥套

taper pin圆锥销；锥形销

1. They had red tapers on the table at Christmastime.
   在圣诞节期间他们在桌子上点红色的细蜡烛。

1. Financial aids generally taper off after the first year of college.
   助学金通常在大学一年级之后逐渐减少。
2. Taper the plug off a bit with the chisel so that it will fit into the hole.
   用凿子把塞子的一头削掉一点，使它能塞进洞里。
3. The storm is beginning to taper off now.
   风暴现在逐渐减弱了。

Shape of fiber tapers
The shape of fiber tapers
Theory and application of covariance matrix tapers for robust adaptive beamforming
Theory and application of covariance matrix tapers for robust\nadaptive beamforming
Fast detection of hydrogen with nano fiber tapers coated with ultra thin palladium layers.
Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers and optical fiber tapers: a novel light source
Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in sub-wavelength diameter As(2)Se(3) chalcogenide fiber tapers
A review on fabrication technologies for the monolithic integration of tapers with III-V semiconductor devices
Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers and optical fiber tapers: a novel light source. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 2148-2155
Refractive Index Sensing With Mach–Zehnder Interferometer Based on Concatenating Two Single-Mode Fiber Tapers