英语词汇“staple”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

staple

释义

a small piece of wire with ends bent at right angles which can be driven through thin sheets of material, esp paper, and clinched to secure the items

a U-shaped metal loop, both ends of which can be driven into a surface, e.g. to secure something to it

[Old English stapol post]

to fasten (things) together, or (one thing) to another, with staples

a food constituting the main nourishment of a community, etc

the main constituent of something

that train of meteorological questions and answers which forms the great staple of polite English conversation — Sidney Smith

the main trading commodity or raw material of a region

the fibre of cotton or wool graded for length and fineness

wool of a short staple

in the Middle Ages, a town appointed, usu by royal authority, to be the centre for merchants involved in the sale or export of commodities in bulk

[Middle English from Old French estaple market, from early Dutch and early Low German stapel emporium, pillar]

denoting a leading commodity in the economy of a region

staple crops such as wheat and rice

main; principal; chief

Our staple drink has been at times tea, at times coffee

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