新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

staple

英  [ˈsteɪpəl]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1基本的 , 主要的(食物、产品、活动)

    A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.

    近义词

    basic

    双语例句

    例:

    Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population.

    稻米是世界上半数以上人口的主食。

    例:

    The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet.

    中国人也以一种面食作为他们的部分主食。

    例:

    Staple goods are disappearing from the shops.

    日常商品正从商店里消失。

    NOUN. 名词
  • staples

    1[C 可数名词] 主食 , 主要产品 , 主要活动

    A staple is a food, product, or activity that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.

    近义词

    basic

    双语例句

    例:

    Fish is a staple in the diet of many Africans.

    鱼是许多非洲人饮食中的一种主食。

    例:

    boutiques selling staples such as jeans and T-shirts.

    出售牛仔裤和T恤衫等日常服装的服装店。

    2[C 可数名词] 重要部分

    A staple is something that forms an important part of something else.

    双语例句

    例:

    Political reporting has become a staple of American journalism.

    政治报道已成为美国新闻报道的主要内容。

    3[C 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.

    VERB. 动词
  • staples , stapling , stapled

    1[T 及物动词] 用订书钉订住

    If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.

    双语例句

    例:

    Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.

    用订书钉把一些纸张订成一本。

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