[ADJ 形容词](食物、产品或活动)主要的,基本的 A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.
[ADJ n]
Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population...
稻米是全世界一半以上人口的主食。
The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet...
中国人也把一种面食作为他们的主食之一。
Staple goods are disappearing from the shops.
日常商品正从商店中消失。
Staple is also a noun.
Fish is a staple in the diet of many Africans.
鱼是很多非洲人饮食中的一种主食。
...boutiques selling staples such as jeans and T-shirts.
出售牛仔裤和T恤衫等基本服饰的服装店
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]主要部分;重要内容 A staple is something that forms an important part of something else.
[usu N of n]
Political reporting has become a staple of American journalism.
政治新闻已成为美国新闻报道的主要内容。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]订书钉Staples are small pieces of bent wire that are used mainly for holding sheets of paper together firmly. You put the staples into the paper using a device called a stapler.
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[VERB 动词]用订书机订 If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.
[V n with adv]
[V-ed]
[Also V n prep]
Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.
用订书机将几页纸装订成册。
...polythene bags stapled to an illustrated card.
订在一张插图卡片上的几个塑料袋
Oxford
staple/ˈsteɪpl; NAmEˈsteɪpl/
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staplestaplesstapledstaplingadjective[only before noun ]forming a basic, large or important part of sth 主要的;基本的;重要的◆The staple crop is rice.主要农作物为水稻。◆Jeans are a staple part of everyone's wardrobe.在每个人的衣橱里,牛仔裤是必不可少的。noun _stationery_supplies_comp.jpg _staple.jpg 1a small piece of wire that is used in a device called a
stapler
and is pushed through pieces of paper and bent over at the ends in order to fasten the pieces of paper together 订书钉2a small piece of metal in the shape of a U that is hit into wooden surfaces using a hammer,used especially for holding electrical wires in place *U 形钉; U 形电线卡 3a basic type of food that is used a lot 基本食物;主食◆Aid workers helped distribute corn, milk and other staples.救助人员协助分发谷物、牛奶及其他必需的食物。4something that is produced by a country and is important for its economy (某国的)主要产品,支柱产品◆Rubber became the staple of the Malayan economy.橡胶成了马来亚经济的支柱产品。5staple(of sth) a large or important part of sth 主要部份;重要内容◆Royal gossip is a staple of the tabloid press.围绕王室成员的蜚短流长是小报的主要内容。verbstaplesth + adv./prep. to attach one thing to another using a stapleor staples用订书钉装订◆Staple the invoice to the receipt.把发票订到收据上。◆Staple the invoice and the receipt together.把发票和收据订在一起。staple/ˈsteɪpl; NAmEˈsteɪpl/
LDC
staple1 noun
staple2 verb
staple3 adjective
staplesta‧ple1 /ˈsteɪpəl/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together2a small U-shaped piece of metal with pointed ends, used to hold something in place3a food that is needed and used all the time: staples like flour and rice4the main product that is produced in a country: Bananas and sugar are the staples of Jamaica.
staple1 noun
staple2 verb
staple3 adjective
staplestaple2 verb [transitive]
Verb Table
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to fasten two or more things together with a staplestaple something together The handouts are all stapled together.staple something to something I stapled the order form to the invoice.
staple1 noun
staple2 verb
staple3 adjective
staplestaple3 adjective [only before noun]
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1forming the greatest or most important part of something: Oil is Nigeria’s staple export. a staple ingredient of comedy2staple dieta)the food that you normally eatstaple of They live on a staple diet of rice and vegetables.b)something that is always being produced, seen, bought etcstaple of television’s staple diet of soap operas and quiz shows3used all the time: Marty’s staple excuses
WDF
staple
[ˈsteɪpl]stapled, stapling, staples
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stapled[306] staples[855]
主要的(61%),重要的(32%),用订书机装订(7%)
n.主要产品;订书钉;主题;主食
adj.主要的,大宗生产的;常用的;纺织纤维的
vt.把…分级;钉住
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