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staple

/stey-puhl/US // ˈsteɪ pəl //UK // (ˈsteɪpəl) //

钉书钉,主食,订书针,钉子

Related Words

predominant占主导地位的,占主导地位,占优势的,占优势fundamental基本,基本的,根本,基础primary初级,初级的,主要的,首要的standard标准,标准的chief酋长,首席,首长,主任key钥匙,关键,密钥,关键的main主要,主,主要的,主体essential重要的,重要,重要性,重要的是principal主要的,主要内容,主要负责人,主要important重要,重要的,重要的是,很重要popular流行,流行的,热门,受欢迎的in demand有需求,有需求的,按需求,有求必应

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : 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.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sta·pled, sta·pling.

    • : to secure or fasten by a staple or staples: to staple three sheets together.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.necessary, basic
Synonyms
predominant占主导地位的,占主导地位,占优势的,占优势chief酋长,首席,首长,主任essential重要的,重要,重要性,重要的是fundamental基本,基本的,根本,基础key钥匙,关键,密钥,关键的main主要,主,主要的,主体primary初级,初级的,主要的,首要的principal主要的,主要内容,主要负责人,主要standard标准,标准的important重要,重要的,重要的是,很重要in demand有需求,有需求的,按需求,有求必应popular流行,流行的,热门,受欢迎的

Examples

  • Farmers losing crops in many areas of southern China because of the floods has created a “severe challenge for self-sufficiency of staple grains.”

  • She’s got the obligatory sharp-cut, bad-gal bob and frosty demeanor we’ve come to expect from the villainous egomaniac’s character, or in this case, the staple scientist with a God complex.

  • Mars, the company behind Halloween staples like M&M’s and Snickers, starts its planning for the big day two years in advance.

  • With more plans for their upcoming summer collection, Gaydina believes this fabric is going to be one of the company’s staples.

  • Located in the South End, Club Café has been a staple of Boston nightlife since 1982.

  • The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.

  • Tor, on the other hand, has been an Internet staple for years.

  • The talk radio phenom and Fox News staple has identified himself as a longtime listener of the TRN patriarch.

  • Cookie Monster has always been one of the most beloved features of that PBS childhood staple, Sesame Street.

  • Erectile dysfunction jokes have become a staple for comedy in the last 15 years.

  • Flax is a great staple of the North of Ireland, and three fourths of it is beaten flat to the earth.

  • It caught him full in the middle; he doubled like a staple and with a cry of pain toppled into the snow.

  • Coffee is the staple production, though Indian corn, mandioca and fruit are produced largely for local consumption.

  • In classical times wheat was the staple grain grown for food, not differing much from that which we use to-day.

  • Another use of mats is in the baling of two of the staple products of the Philippines, tobacco and abaca.

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