staple 音标拼音: [st'epəl]
n . 主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环
a . 主要的,重要的
vt . 分类
主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环主要的,重要的分类
staple adj 1 :
necessary or important ,
especially regarding food or commodities ; "
wheat is a staple crop "
n 1 : (
usually plural )
a necessary commodity for which demand is constant [
synonym : {
basic }, {
staple }]
2 :
a natural fiber (
raw cotton ,
wool ,
hemp ,
flax )
that can be twisted to form yarn ; "
staple fibers vary widely in length "
[
synonym : {
staple }, {
staple fiber }, {
staple fibre }]
3 :
material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing [
synonym :
{
raw material }, {
staple }]
4 :
a short U -
shaped wire nail for securing cables 5 :
paper fastener consisting of a short length of U -
shaped wire that can fasten papers together v 1 :
secure or fasten with a staple or staples ; "
staple the papers together " [
ant : {
unstaple }]
Staple \
Sta "
ple \ (
st [=
a ]"
p '
l ),
n . [
AS .
stapul ,
stapol ,
stapel ,
a step ,
a prop ,
post ,
table ,
fr .
stapan to step ,
go ,
raise ;
akin to D .
stapel a pile ,
stocks ,
emporium ,
G .
stapela heap ,
mart ,
stake ,
staffel step of a ladder ,
Sw .
stapel ,
Dan .
stabel ,
and E .
step ;
cf .
OF .
estaple a mart ,
F . ['
e ]
tape .
See {
Step }.]
1 .
A settled mart ;
an emporium ;
a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk ;
a place for wholesale traffic .
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The customs of Alexandria were very great ,
it having been the staple of the Indian trade . --
Arbuthnot .
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For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock ,
her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool .
--
Sir W .
Scott .
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Note :
In England ,
formerly ,
the king '
s staple was established in certain ports or towns ,
and certain goods could not be exported without being first brought to these places to be rated and charged with the duty payable to the king or the public .
The principal commodities on which customs were levied were wool ,
skins ,
and leather ;
and these were originally the staple commodities .
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2 .
Hence :
Place of supply ;
source ;
fountain head .
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Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news .
Whenever there was a rumor that any thing important had happened or was about to happen ,
people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head . --
Macaulay .
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3 .
The principal commodity of traffic in a market ;
a principal commodity or production of a country or district ;
as ,
wheat ,
maize ,
and cotton are great staples of the United States .
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We should now say ,
Cotton is the great staple ,
that is ,
the established merchandise ,
of Manchester .
--
Trench .
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4 .
The principal constituent in anything ;
chief item .
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5 .
Unmanufactured material ;
raw material .
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6 .
The fiber of wool ,
cotton ,
flax ,
or the like ;
as ,
a coarse staple ;
a fine staple ;
a long or short staple .
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7 .
A loop of metal such as iron ,
or a bar or wire ,
bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood ,
to hold a hook ,
pin ,
or the like .
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8 .
Specifically :
A small loop of metal such as steel ,
bent into a U -
shape with the points sharpened ,
used to fasten sheets of paper together by driving the staple [
8 ]
through the stacked sheets and into a formed receptacle which curls the ends in and backward ,
thus holding the papers firmly together ;
also ,
a similar ,
slightly larger such fastener which may be driven into wood to fasten objects to a wooden backing .
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9 . (
Mining )
(
a )
A shaft ,
smaller and shorter than the principal one ,
joining different levels .
(
b )
A small pit .
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10 .
A district granted to an abbey . [
Obs .] --
Camden .
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Staple \
Sta "
ple \,
a .
1 .
Pertaining to ,
or being a market or staple for ,
commodities ;
as ,
a staple town . [
R .]
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2 .
Established in commerce ;
occupying the markets ;
settled ;
as ,
a staple trade . --
Dryden .
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3 .
Fit to be sold ;
marketable . [
R .] --
Swift .
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4 .
Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities ;
belonging to wholesale traffic ;
principal ;
chief .
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Wool ,
the great staple commodity of England .
--
Hallam .
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staple \
sta "
ple \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
stapled } (-
p '
ld );
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
stapling }.]
1 .
To sort according to its staple ;
as ,
to staple cotton .
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2 .
To fasten together with a staple [
9 ]
or staples ;
as ,
to staple a check to a letter .
[
PJC ]
161 Moby Thesaurus words for "
staple ":
anchored ,
article ,
article of commerce ,
article of merchandise ,
articulate ,
auto show ,
basic ,
basics ,
batten ,
batten down ,
bazaar ,
boat show ,
body ,
bolt ,
bonanza ,
buckle ,
bulk ,
butt ,
button ,
catalog goods ,
chief ,
clasp ,
cleat ,
clip ,
commercial complex ,
commodities ,
commodity ,
consumer goods ,
consumer items ,
conventional ,
core ,
cornucopia ,
corpus ,
critical ,
customary ,
dovetail ,
drug ,
effects ,
elementary ,
emporium ,
essential ,
essentials ,
exposition ,
eye ,
fair ,
fastened ,
feature ,
fixed ,
flea fair ,
flea market ,
font ,
fount ,
fountain ,
fundamental ,
fundamentals ,
gold mine ,
goods ,
goods for sale ,
habitual ,
hasp ,
hinge ,
hitch ,
hook ,
indispensable ,
inventory ,
item ,
jam ,
job lot ,
joint ,
latch ,
lead item ,
leader ,
line ,
line of goods ,
lock ,
lode ,
loss leader ,
mail -
order goods ,
main ,
market ,
market overt ,
marketplace ,
mart ,
mass ,
material resources ,
materials ,
materiel ,
merchandise ,
mine ,
miter ,
mortise ,
nail ,
necessary ,
necessities ,
normal ,
open market ,
ordinary ,
peg ,
pin ,
plaza ,
prevailing ,
primary ,
principal ,
product ,
quarry ,
rabbet ,
raw material ,
required ,
requisite ,
resource ,
rialto ,
ring ,
rivet ,
riveted ,
scarf ,
screw ,
seconds ,
set ,
settled ,
sew ,
shopping center ,
shopping mall ,
shopping plaza ,
show ,
sideline ,
skewer ,
snap ,
source ,
source of supply ,
special ,
spring ,
standard ,
standard article ,
staple item ,
staples ,
stated ,
stick ,
stitch ,
stock ,
stock -
in -
trade ,
store ,
street market ,
stuff ,
substance ,
substances ,
supply ,
tack ,
toggle ,
trade fair ,
universal ,
usual ,
vein ,
vendible ,
vendibles ,
vital ,
ware ,
wares ,
wedge ,
well ,
wellspring ,
zipper
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