1. (食物、產(chǎn)品或活動(dòng))主要的，基本的 A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.
e.g. 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。 e.g. The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet... 中國人也把一種面食作為他們的主食之一。
2. 主要部分;重要內容 A staple is something that forms an important part of something else.
e.g. Political reporting has become a staple of American journalism. 政治新聞已成為美國新聞報道的主要內容。
3. 訂書(shū)釘 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.
staple在線(xiàn)翻譯
4. 用訂書(shū)機訂 If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.
e.g. Staple some sheets of paper together into a book. 用訂書(shū)機將幾頁(yè)紙裝訂成冊。 e.g. ...polythene bags stapled to an illustrated card. 訂在一張插圖卡片上的幾個(gè)塑料袋
staple英英釋義
noun
1. (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Synonym: basic
2. paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
3. a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
4. material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
Synonym: raw material
5. a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
e.g. staple fibers vary widely in length
Synonym: staple fiberstaple fibre
verb
1. secure or fasten with a staple or staples
e.g. staple the papers together
adj
1. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities