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staple n.U形(订书)钉；主要产物(要素)；原料(地)adj.主要的；重要的vt.用订书机装订 (1) 咖啡是这个地区的主要产品。(2) 面包、土豆及其他主食的价格继续上涨。(3) 例如，在亚洲大米是原料农作物。(4) 短篇小说是她经常看的读物。(5) 稻米是亚洲许多国家的主食.(6) 在每个人的衣橱里，牛仔裤是必不可少的。(7) 他把文件钉在一起。(8) 把发货清单订到发票上。 Staple also has the broader more abstract sense of being anything that's popular or necessary. A staple of the political scene is partisan bickering; a staple of Broadway theater is the musical revival. And let's not forget another meaning — those handy little metal clasps that hold things together. Though most people wouldn't consider a staple a staple.

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英 ['steɪpl] 美 ['steɪpl] (1) Coffee is the staple of this district.(2) Bread, potato and other staple continue to rise in price.(3) For example, rice is a staple crop in much of Asia.(4) Short stories are her staple reading.(5) Rice is the staple diet in many Asian countries.(6) Jeans are a staple part of everyone's wardrobe.(7) He stapled the paper together.(8) Staple the invoice to the receipt. Bread. Milk. Gasoline. Xboxes. What do these all have in common? They're all a staple of most people's consumption — basic products for which there will always be a demand. 1[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2[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。3[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. 4[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

英语单词	staple
英美音标	英 ['steɪpl] 美 ['steɪpl]
中文释义	n.U形(订书)钉；主要产物(要素)；原料(地) adj.主要的；重要的 vt.用订书机装订
英语例句	(1) Coffee is the staple of this district. (2) Bread, potato and other staple continue to rise in price. (3) For example, rice is a staple crop in much of Asia. (4) Short stories are her staple reading. (5) Rice is the staple diet in many Asian countries. (6) Jeans are a staple part of everyone's wardrobe. (7) He stapled the paper together. (8) Staple the invoice to the receipt.
中文例句	(1) 咖啡是这个地区的主要产品。 (2) 面包、土豆及其他主食的价格继续上涨。 (3) 例如，在亚洲大米是原料农作物。 (4) 短篇小说是她经常看的读物。 (5) 稻米是亚洲许多国家的主食. (6) 在每个人的衣橱里，牛仔裤是必不可少的。 (7) 他把文件钉在一起。 (8) 把发货清单订到发票上。
vocabulary简明	Bread. Milk. Gasoline. Xboxes. What do these all have in common? They're all a staple of most people's consumption — basic products for which there will always be a demand.
vocabulary扩展	Staple also has the broader more abstract sense of being anything that's popular or necessary. A staple of the political scene is partisan bickering; a staple of Broadway theater is the musical revival. And let's not forget another meaning — those handy little metal clasps that hold things together. Though most people wouldn't consider a staple a staple.
柯林斯解释	1 [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 2 [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。 3 [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. 4 [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

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