1. Branches arising from basal 3rd or 4th node up; larger auricle of culm sheath oblong, not tapering. 向上的分枝生于基部的3或4节；竿箨长圆形的更大的叶耳，并非渐狭。
2. A long tapering spar slung to a mast to support and spread the head of a square sail, lug sail, or lateen. 帆桁吊在桅杆上一头渐细的长柱，用来支撑和展开横帆、梯形帆或三角帆的顶端。
3. A tapering extension of land projecting into water; a peninsula, cape, or promontory. 角，岬，半岛：伸入水中的一块逐渐变得尖细的陆地；半岛、角或岬。
4. Muzzle broad, strong, well filled out, tapering gradually toward the nose without ever becoming snipy or pointed. 宽、结实、丰满，向鼻镜方向逐渐变细，但不能象被截断或太尖。
5. An Atlantic ribbonfish(Trachipterus arcticus)having a compressed, tapering, silvery body that can attain a length of2. 6meters(8?eet. 粗鳍鱼，带鱼一种大西洋粗鳍鱼（粗鳍鱼粗鳍鱼属），鱼体呈银色扁平状，两端逐渐变细，长达2。6米（8接?尺）
