Staple

['steɪp(ə)l] or ['stepl]

解释:

(noun.) paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together.

(noun.) a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables.

(noun.) a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; 'staple fibers vary widely in length'.

(verb.) secure or fasten with a staple or staples; 'staple the papers together'.

(adj.) necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; 'wheat is a staple crop' .

校对:瓦珥--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) 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.

(n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

(n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.

(n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.

(n.) A loop of 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.

(n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.

(n.) A small pit.

(n.) A district granted to an abbey.

(a.) Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.

(a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.

(a.) Fit to be sold; marketable.

(a.) Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

(v. t.) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

弗朗西斯整理

同义词及近义词:

n. [1]. Chief commodity (of a country or a district), principal production.[2]. Fibre (of cotton, wool, &c.), pile, filament.[3]. Raw material.[4]. Bulk, mass, body, substance, principal part, greater part.

a. Chief, principal.

整理:诺里斯

解释:

n. a loop of iron &c. for holding a bolt &c.: the metallic tube to which the reed is fastened in the oboe &c.

n. a settled mart or market: the principal production or industry of a district or country: the principal element: the thread of textile fabrics: unmanufactured material.—adj. established in commerce: regularly produced for market.—n. Stā′pler a dealer.

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