tapers

例句:

• The pencil tapers to a sharp point.
  铅笔的一段细成笔尖.
  
• She put five tapers on the cake.
  她在蛋糕上放了五只小蜡烛.
  
• The upper part of the structure tapers off to a point.
  这个建筑物的上半部变得越来越细,形成一个尖顶.
  
• It tapers off after some finite distance.
  来自SA
• If inflation tapers off, China's stocks could get a boost.
  来自WSJ
• The snowdrop has various common names, such as Fair Maids of February, Candlemas Bells and Mary's Tapers.
  来自BBC