staple

noun

1. (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

Synonym: basic

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

3. a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables

4. material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing

Synonym: raw material

5. a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn

e.g. staple fibers vary widely in length

Synonym: staple fiberstaple fibre

verb

1. secure or fasten with a staple or staples

e.g. staple the papers together

adj

1. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities

e.g. wheat is a staple crop

1. (食物、产品或活动)主要的，基本的
A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.

e.g. Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population...
稻米是全世界一半以上人口的主食。
e.g. The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet...
中国人也把一种面食作为他们的主食之一。

2. 主要部分;重要内容
A staple is something that forms an important part of something else.

e.g. Political reporting has become a staple of American journalism.
政治新闻已成为美国新闻报道的主要内容。

3. 订书钉
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.

staple在线翻译

4. 用订书机订
If you staple something, you fasten it to something else or fix it in place using staples.

e.g. Staple some sheets of paper together into a book.
用订书机将几页纸装订成册。
e.g. ...polythene bags stapled to an illustrated card.
订在一张插图卡片上的几个塑料袋

1. 订书钉：session facade模式是EJB开发中的订书钉(staple). 它加强了高效率和可重用性的设计,和清楚的分离了 表示逻辑(客户端),商业逻辑(session facade)和 数据逻辑(entity bean,等等). session facade描述了 一个有用的实现任何类型用例的架构;

2. 形钉：再用75%的酒精脱碘,即用酒精棉球由内向外擦去碘酒的方法. 耳针刺激时如取15°或更小角度刺入皮下以免刺入耳软骨,则颇难引起软骨炎. 国外一些人还把特制的U形钉(staple)射入耳壳以获长期的针刺刺激,因为易引起感染,不宜采用.