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staple

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Related topics: Technology, Daily life, Food, Trade, Economics
sta·ple1 /ˈsteɪpəl/ ●●○ noun [countableC]
1. TDa small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together 訂書釘
2. Ta small U-shaped piece of metal with pointed ends, used to hold something in place U 形釘
3  DFa food that is needed and used all the time 基本食物；主食
staples like flour and rice
面粉和大米等主食
4  BBTPEthe main product that is produced in a country 〔一國的〕主要産品
Bananas and sugar are the staples of Jamaica.
香蕉和糖是牙買加的主要産品。
Examples from the Corpus
staple• Tortillas are a staple of Mexican cooking.• Ice skating has long been a staple of ABC's sports programming.• It is a staple of the multilateral trading system, and is extended by the United States to all but a handful.• Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.• Alternative medicine is now a staple of continuing education at Harvard University Medical School.• There are some assured visual touches, a staple of any Czech film.• The length of the cable then rests on the staples and can always be lifted off for painting and cleaning.
staple2 verb [transitiveT]
FASTEN/DO UPto fasten two or more things together with a staple 用訂書釘裝訂
staple something together
The handouts are all stapled together.
課堂講義都是裝訂在一起的。
staple something to something
I stapled the order form to the invoice.
我把訂單訂在發票上。
Examples from the Corpus
staple• We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.• Select the ones that have held bottles, because they will be stapled at the bottom and are much stronger.• Industry magazines have thinned down so much with the collapse of internet advertising that they can now be stapled rather than bound.• As a schoolboy prank he leaned forward to staple the boy in front's jacket to his chair.• Finally, staple them together and flip through them to see them move.• There was a credit-card slip stapled to the receipt and I tucked both in my pocket for later inspection.
staple3 adjectiveadj [only before noun]
1  MAINforming the greatest or most important part of something 主要的；最重要的
Oil is Nigeria’s staple export.
石油是尼日利亞的主要出口産品。
a staple ingredient of comedy
喜劇最重要的成分
2  staple diet 
a) DFFOODthe food that you normally eat 主食
staple diet of
They live on a staple diet of rice and vegetables.
他們以大米和蔬菜爲主食。
b) MAINsomething that is always being produced, seen, bought etc 經常制作[看到，購買等]的東西
staple diet of
television’s staple diet of soap operas and quiz shows
以肥皂劇和問答比賽爲主的電視節目
Examples from the Corpus
staple diet• It is hard and lacks nutrients and yet is the panda's staple diet.• Worms are a staple diet and these have been in short supply due to the summer drought.• The staple diet for most of the coral fishes should be a good dry food.• Attacks on the immorality and decadence of aristocratic culture were the staple diet of purity tracts and speeches.• Reindeer moss, the staple diet of the deer herds, was also said to have disappeared completely.• In living-rooms throughout the country, violence, gratuitous and graphic, is often the staple diet of the video generation.• They could catch and eat more of their staple diet - worms and insects - surviving in accordance with the laws of natural selection.
3  USUALLYused all the time 常用的，慣用的
Marty’s staple excuses
馬蒂慣用的借口
Examples from the Corpus
staple• In Brazil, the black bean is a staple crop.
From Longman Business Dictionary
staplesta·ple1 /ˈsteɪpəl/ noun [countableC]
1OFFICEa small piece of thin wire that is pushed into sheets of paper and bent over to hold them together
2a food that is needed and used all the time
staples like flour and rice
3ECONOMICS the main product that is produced in a country
Bananas and sugar are the staples of Jamaica.
4COMMERCE a standard or common product
The Kiwi fruit quickly became a supermarket staple in the expanding section of exotic fruits.
staplestaple2 verb [transitiveT]
to fasten things, especially sheets of paper, together with a staple
He stapled a batch of papers together.
staplestaple3 adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
a staple food, product, activity etc is one that is basic, most important, or standard
Oil is Nigeria’s staple export.
These garments are now becoming a staple product of the company.
Origin staple1
1. Old English stapol “post”
2. . (1300-1400) Middle Dutch stapel “place of trade”
sta·ple1 nounstaple2 verbstaple3 adjectiveadj
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9461 COCA: 7008
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9461 COCA: 7008
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9461 COCA: 7008
staple
Office supplies and other stationery: binder, blotter, blotting paper...
Types of food or drink: all-dressed, aphrodisiac, baby food...
Important thing or detail: feature, priority, element...
Necessary: necessary, essential, vital...
To fasten or join one thing to another: fasten, fix, attach...

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