Staples

英 [ˈsteɪplz]

美 [ˈsteɪplz]

n.  斯特普尔斯

BNC.27965

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (食物、产品或活动)主要的，基本的
  Astaplefood, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Staple goods are disappearing from the shops.
     日常商品正从商店中消失。
  4. Stapleis also a noun.
     
  5. Fish is a staple in the diet of many Africans.
     鱼是很多非洲人饮食中的一种主食。
  6. ...boutiques selling staples such as jeans and T-shirts.
     出售牛仔裤和T恤衫等基本服饰的服装店
• N-COUNT 主要部分;重要内容
  Astapleis something that forms an important part of something else.
  1. Political reporting has become a staple of American journalism.
     政治新闻已成为美国新闻报道的主要内容。
• 订书钉
  Staplesare 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 用订书机订
  If youstaplesomething, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.
  1. Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.
     用订书机将几页纸装订成册。
  2. ...polythene bags stapled to an illustrated card.
     订在一张插图卡片上的几个塑料袋

双语例句

• Cotton is one of Egypt's staples.
  棉花是埃及的主要贸易项目之一。
• This store sells flour, salt, sugar and other staples.
  该店出售面粉、盐、糖和其他日常必需品。
• Its crinkled, faded links display years of wear, along with tape, staples and paste.
  链环已经卷曲，并褪了色，连同其上的胶带、订书钉和浆糊，一并显出岁月的磨损。
• Agricultural staples include corn and coffee and cocoa, among many more.
  农产品包括玉米、咖啡和可可豆等等。
• Staples such as bread, rice and tea are already being rationed
  面包、大米和茶叶等日常必需品已实行配给。
• Flour, sugar, and salt are staples.
  面粉，砂糖和食盐都是生活必须品。
• You can use staples in place of glue.
  你可以用订书针来代替胶水。
• Mixed Packed Bale: a bale containing a certain amount of different grades, staples or colors of cotton.
  混杂棉包：单个棉包中含有一定数量不同品级、同长度或不同颜色类型的棉花。
• Among the staples, the price of corn, wheat and rice has almost halved.
  在主食中，玉米、小麦和大米的价格已下跌近半。
• Away from the city centre, small stores still offer cheap staples and vegetables.
  在市中心以外，小型商店仍然提供廉价的主食和蔬菜。