staple
n. 主要产物, 常用品, 主要要素, 原料, 订书钉, 钩环 a. 主要的, 重要的 vt. 分级, 钉住
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教材释义与例句
主要的，大宗生产的；常用的；纺织纤维的
释义与例句
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A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
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Place of supply; source.
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The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
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A basic or essential supply.
主食
可数 不可数Rice is a staple in the diet of many cultures.
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A recurring topic, character, or item.
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Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
可数 不可数Tow is flax with short staple.
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Unmanufactured material; raw material.
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Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
订书钉
订书针
钉书钉
They stapled the documents with an office stapler, putting a staple in the top left corner of each one.
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Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
They stapled the housewrap with a staple gun firing large staples.
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Any of several types of fastener comprising a bent piece of wire.
A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
The rancher used staples to attach the barbed wire to the fence posts.
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One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
Fortunately, there were staples in the quay wall, and she was able to climb out of the water.
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A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
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A small pit.
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A district granted to an abbey.
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A post; prop; support
废旧
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To sort according to its staple.
及物to staple cotton
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To secure with a staple.
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及物
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Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
a staple town
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Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
a staple trade
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Fit to be sold; marketable.
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Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
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词源
From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff. Doublet of étape and etymology 2.
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