staple /ˈsteɪpəl/ CET6 TEM4 ( stapling, stapled, staples )

• 1. 

  ADJ A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives. 基本的; 主要的 (食物、产品、活动) [ADJ n]

  例：

  Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population.

  大米是世界上半数以上人口的主食。

  例：

  The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet.

  中国人也以一种面食作为他们的部分主食。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Staple is also a noun. 主食; 主要产品; 主要活动

  例：

  Fish is a staple in the diet of many Africans.

  鱼是许多非洲人饮食中的主食。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A staple is something that forms an important part of something else. 重要部分

  例：

  Political reporting has become a staple of American journalism.

  政治报道已经成为美国新闻业的一个重要内容。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT 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

• 5. 

  V-T If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples. 用订书钉订住

  例：

  Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.

  用订书钉把一些纸张订成一本。