1 ADJ [ADJ n] (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. (食物、产品或活动)主要的,基本的
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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。
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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。
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Staple goods are disappearing from the shops.
日常商品正从商店中消失。
SYN principal, chief, main, key
2 N-COUNT 主要部分;重要内容 A staple is something that forms an important part of something else. 主要部分;重要内容
3 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. 订书钉
4 VERB 用订书机订 If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples. 用订书机订 [Also VERB n preposition]
SYN fasten
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