a small piece of thin wire with two square corners which is driven into sheets of paper,etc.,and bent over on the other side to hold them together
fasten with staples
"staple fibers vary widely in length"
"wheat is a staple crop"
"staple the papers together"
Whitehall..became the chief staple of news.
出自: fig.
Wool with a long staple..is easiest to comb and spin.
出自:Art Craft
We confined ourselves to tea, because it is the staple drink.
出自: Leigh Hunt
Textile manufacture, the town's staple source of income.
出自: E. Jones
The staple food of the household was fish fingers..and frozen peas.
出自: F. Weldon
Cabbage, swede,..and beetroot were the staple vegetables.
出自: L. Chamberlain
The detective story..formed part of the staple diet of the reading public.
出自: Janet Morgan
A clasp-knife..went through Connor's boot and stapled his foot to the floor.
出自: J. Gaskell
The wad of stapled foolscap sheets.
出自: P. B. Yuill
The moisture barrier is provided by a building paper stapled to the sheathing.
出自: J. S. Foster