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  • 四级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义

staple

[ˈsteɪpl] [ˈstepəl]
  • 复数:staples;
  • 第三人称单数:staples;
  • 过去式:stapled;
  • 过去分词:stapled;
  • 现在分词:stapling;
  • 例句
    英语四级真题
      We're a traditional British restaurant so there are some staples (主菜) that will remain essentially unchanged.
      出自-2011年6月阅读原文
      But there is also pressure to buy local and save on food miles, which means we take our vegetables from the local markets, and there are a lot that work well with British staples
      出自-2011年6月阅读原文
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • ADJ
      (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.
      例句
      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。
    • N-COUNT
      主要部分;重要内容
      A staple is something that forms an important part of something else.
      例句
      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。
    • N-COUNT
      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.
    • VERB
      用订书机订
      If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.
      例句
      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
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
      2. material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
      3. a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
      4. paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
    • Verb
      1. secure or fasten with a staple or staples;
      "staple the papers together"
    • Adjective
      1. necessary foods or commodities;
      "wheat is a staple crop"
    行业词典
    • 法律: 主要商品;