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主要產物,常用品,主要要素,原料,訂書釘,鉤環主要的,重要的分類

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Staple \Sta"ple\, 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.

            The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having
            been the staple of the Indian trade.  --Arbuthnot.

            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.

   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 of the
         king or the public. The principal commodities on which
         customs were lived were wool, skins, and leather; and
         these were originally the staple commodities.

   2. Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.

            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.

   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.

            We should now say, Cotton is the great staple, that
            is, the established merchandize, of Manchester.
                                                  --Trench.

   4. The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

   5. Unmanufactured material; raw material.

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

   7. 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.

   8. (Mining)
      (a) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one,
          joining different levels.
      (b) A small pit.

   9. A district granted to an abbey. [Obs.] --Camden.

Staple \Sta"ple\, a.
   1. Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities;
      as, a staple town. [R.]

   2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled;
      as, a staple trade. --Dryden.

   3. Fit to be sold; marketable. [R.] --Swift.

   4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities;
      belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

            Wool, the great staple commodity of England.
                                                  --H???om.

Staple \Sta"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {stapled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {stapling}.]
   To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

staple
     n 1: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is
          constant [syn: {basic}]
     2: material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing [syn:
        {raw material}]
     3: a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
     4: paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire
        that can fasten papers together

staple
     v : secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the
         papers together" [ant: {unstaple}]

staple
     adj : necessary foods or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

STAPLE
     
         A programming language written at Manchester
        (University?) and used at {ICL} in the early 1970s for writing
        the test suites.  STAPLE was based on {Algol 68} and had a
        very advanced {optimising compiler}.
     
        (2003-02-28)

Staple
     
        Saint Andrews Applicative Persistent Language.  Language
        combining functional programming with persistent storage,
        developed at St. Andrews University in Scotland.  Tony Davie,
        .