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/ste͟ɪp(ə)l/
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[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 ; NAmE ˈsteɪpl /
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    noun
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    verb
    staple staples stapled stapling
    adjective [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 1 a 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
    2 a 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 3 a 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。 4 something 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。 5 staple(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。
    verb staplesth + 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 ; NAmE ˈsteɪpl /
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    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]
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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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    Phrases
    1forming the greatest or most important part of something:  Oil is Nigeria’s staple export. a staple ingredient of comedy2staple diet a)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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