staple

adj.

1. 主要的；基本的；重要的
   forming a basic, large or important part of sth
   1. The staple crop is rice.
      主要农作物为水稻。
   2. 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

1. 订书钉
   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
2. U形钉；U形电线卡
   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
3. 基本食物；主食
   a basic type of food that is used a lot
   1. 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. （某国的）主要产品，支柱产品
   something that is produced by a country and is important for its economy
   1. Rubber became the staple of the Malayan economy.
      橡胶成了马来亚经济的支柱产品。
5. 主要部分；重要内容
   a large or important part of sth
   1. Royal gossip is a staple of the tabloid press.
      围绕王室成员的飞短流长是小报的主要内容。

verb

1. 用订书钉装订
   to attach one thing to another using a staple or staples
   1. Staple the invoice to the receipt.
      把发货清单订到发票上。
   2. Staple the invoice and the receipt together.
      把发货清单和发票订在一起。

1. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Staple goods are disappearing from the shops.
      日常商品正从商店中消失。
   4. Staple is also a noun.
      
   5. 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。
   6. ...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 主要部分;重要内容
   A staple is something that forms an important part of something else.
   1. 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. 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 用订书机订
   If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.
   1. Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.
      用订书机将几页纸装订成册。
   2. ...polythene bags stapled to an illustrated card.
      订在一张插图卡片上的几个塑料袋

1. Cereals form the staple diet of an enormous number of people around the world.
   谷类是世界范围内很大一部分人的主要食物。
2. The shed was secured by a hasp and staple fastener.
   棚屋由一个搭钩和U型扣件固定着。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Staple goods are disappearing from the shops.
   日常商品正从商店中消失。
6. 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。
7. Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.
   用订书机将几页纸装订成册。
8. It is well known that bamboo shoots are a panda's staple diet.
   竹笋是熊猫的主要食物，这是人所共知的。
9. Tea is the staple crop here.
   本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
10. Rice is the major crop and staple food.
    水稻是主要的作物和人们的主食。
11. Prices of staple food such as rice, wheat, corn and oils have more than doubled since March.
    今年三月以来，大米、小麦、玉米和食用油等主要食品的平均价格已经上涨了两倍多。
12. Rice is our staple food.
    米是我们的主食。
13. Plantations in maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas grew staple crops of tobacco, rice and indigo;
    马里兰、弗吉尼亚和南北卡罗来纳的农场种植烟草、大米和蓝靛等主要作物；
14. There's some cotton in this. It looks like mixed staple and cotton.
    这里面有些棉质，它看来像人造纤维和棉纱的混纺。
15. Rice is also the nation's staple food.
    农业曾是日本的主要产业，此外大米也是日本人的主食。
16. International farm trade has nevertheless managed satisfactorily for decades to redistribute surpluses of staple foods.
    尽管如此，在过去的几十年中，国际农业贸易仍令人满意地对富余主食进行了重新分配。
17. Soon cultivated grain was their staple food.
    种植作物之后很快成了他们的主食。
18. Half the population of the world rice as staple food.
    世界上有一半人口以大米为主食。
19. They grow cotton of long staple.
    他们种植长纤维棉花。
20. Specific tariff is relatively easy to apply and administer, particularly to standardized commodities and staple products.
    从量税比较容易实施及管理，尤其是对于标准化商品和主要产品。
21. Bamboo stalks and roots are the staple food of pandas.
    而竹子的茎和根是熊猫赖以生存的主食。
22. The Chinese staple food is rice, but they also raise wheat, barley, beans, corn.
    中国人多以大米为主食，但同时也种植小麦、大麦、豆类以及玉米。
23. Noting that the potato is a staple food in the diet of the world's population;
    注意到马铃薯是世界人民膳食中的一种主食；
24. This can mean overturning millennia-old patterns of production, even importing traditional staple foods.
    这可能意味着推翻数千年的生产模式，连传统主食也进入进口之列。
25. Cassava is a staple food in many developing countries but has little protein and micronutrients.
    木薯是许多国家的主粮，但是它几乎没有蛋白质和微量营养物质。
26. Plantations in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas grow staple crops of tobacco, rice and indigo.
    马里兰、弗吉尼亚和卡罗来纳的种植园盛产烟草、大米和靛蓝类染料。
27. Potatoes can be important staple foods, but balanced diets need to include other vegetables and whole grain foods.
    马铃薯能够作为重要的主食，但是平衡的膳食需要包括其他蔬菜和全谷物食品。
28. But the credit crunch is boosting demand for "staple financing" and vendor financing.
    但信贷紧缩增强了对“订书钉融资”和卖方融资的需求。
29. To do during the month, my basic staple food is rice, I eat rice and millet.
    做月子期间，我的主食基本是米饭，大米和小米我都吃。
30. Rice is the staple diet in many Asian countries.
    稻米是亚洲许多国家的主食。

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
   1. staple fibers vary widely in length

   Synonym:    staple fiberstaple fibre

verb

1. secure or fasten with a staple or staples
   1. staple the papers together

adj

1. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
   1. wheat is a staple crop