| 释义 |
staple2/steip(ə)l/ n., adj. & v.●n. 1 the principal or an important article of commerce 主要产品，重要商品 the staples of British industry 英国的主要工业产品 2 the chief element or a main component, e.g. of a diet 主要成分(如主食) 3 a raw material 原料，原材料 4 the fibre of cotton or wool etc. as determining its quality (可确定棉花或羊毛等的质量的)纤维 cotton of fine staple 纤维精细的棉花 ●adj. 1 main or principal 主要的，首要的 staple commodities 主要商品 2 important as a product or an export 大宗出产(或出口)的 ●v. tr. sort or classify (wool etc.) according to fibre (按纤维质量)把(羊毛等)分级 [Middle English via Old French estaple ‘market’ from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stapel ‘pillar, emporium’: related to STAPLE1] |