Staple

(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

• The staple to which my chains were fixed, was more rusted than I or the villain Abbot had supposed. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• We must approach him sooner or later, for he is the staple of what I have to say, and it's as well at once. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The subject of the growing of cotton came under discussion, and some one spoke of the unfortunate fact that no method had been found for cleaning the cotton staple of the green seed. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Plantation gangs began to oust the patch cultivation of the labourer-serf in the case of some staple products. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• My little woman, says Mr. Snagsby to the sparrows in Staple Inn, likes to have her religion rather sharp, you see! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• By that machine only the long staple fibre was secured, leaving the cotton seed covered with a short fibre, which with the seed was regarded as a waste product. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• To separate a single pound of the clean staple from the green seed took a whole day’s work for a woman. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The chimney is wide, but is barred up by four large staples. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The lightning will not leave the rod (a good conductor) through those staples. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Now flowed forth, as from some Vulcan's titanic workshop, machines for making bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, chains, staples, car wheels, shafts, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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