| 单词 | staple |
| 释义 | staple staple1 /stay"peuhl/, n. , v. , stapled, stapling. n. 1. a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side. 2. a similar, often U-shaped piece of wire or metal with pointed ends for driving into a surface to hold a hasp, hook, pin, bolt, wire, or the like. v.t. 3. to secure or fasten by a staple or staples: to staple three sheets together. [bef. 900; ME stapel orig., support, post, OE stapol; c. MD stapel foundation, G Stapel pile, ON stopull pillar] staple2 /stay"peuhl/, n., adj., v., stapled, stapling. n. 1. a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality. 2. a principal commodity in a mercantile field; goods in steady demand or of known or recognized quality. 3. a basic or necessary item of food: She bought flour, sugar, salt, and other staples. 4. a basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part: Cowboy dramas are a staple on television. 5. the fiber of wool, cotton, flax, rayon, etc., considered with reference to length and fineness. 6. Textiles. a standard length of textile fibers, representing the average of such fibers taken collectively, as short-staple or long-staple cotton. 7. Hist. a town or place appointed by royal authority as the seat of a body of merchants having the exclusive right of purchase of certain classes of goods for export. adj. 8. chief or prominent among the products exported or produced by a country or district; chiefly or largely dealt in or consumed. 9. basic, chief, or principal: staple industries. 10. principally used: staple subjects of conversation. v.t. 11. to sort or classify according to the staple or fiber, as wool. [1375-1425; late ME: place where merchants have trading rights < MD stapel] |
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