staple

agrafe

Petit morceau de métal plié qui maintient ensemble des feuilles de papier ou d’autres matériaux.

En anglais simple : A small bent piece of metal that holds sheets of paper or other materials together.

• Remove the staple from the paper.
• One staple held all the sheets together.
• The staples left small holes in the documents.

Expressions courantes : remove a staple, metal staple, staple remover

aliment de base, produit de première nécessité

Aliment ou autre produit essentiel dont les gens ont besoin et qu’ils utilisent régulièrement.

En anglais simple : A basic food or other supply that people need and use regularly.

• Rice is a staple in many homes.
• Flour and beans are useful kitchen staples.
• Which staple provides most of their daily energy?

Comment l'utiliser : a staple of something (Bread is a staple of their diet.)

Synonymes : basic necessity, essential

Expressions courantes : dietary staple, household staple, staple of something

élément récurrent, incontournable

Chose qui revient souvent et constitue une partie familière d’un ensemble plus vaste.

En anglais simple : Something that appears often and is a familiar part of something larger.

• That joke is a staple of his shows.
• Ghost stories became a staple of the magazine.
• These characters remain staples of children’s television.

Comment l'utiliser : a staple of something (Car chases are a staple of action films.)

Synonymes : regular feature, fixture

Expressions courantes : staple of comedy, television staple, staple of something

fibre courte

Fibre courte, naturelle ou artificielle, que l’on peut tordre avec d’autres pour fabriquer du fil.

En anglais simple : A short natural or artificial fibre that can be twisted with others to make thread.

• This cotton has a short staple.
• The mill buys wool with a longer staple.
• Staple length affects the strength of the yarn.

Synonymes : fibre

Expressions courantes : short staple, long staple, cotton staple

agrafer

Fixer ensemble des feuilles ou d’autres matériaux avec de petites attaches métalliques repliées.

En anglais simple : To join paper or other materials using small bent pieces of metal.

• Please staple these pages together.
• He stapled a notice to the wooden board.
• Have you stapled the receipts to the form?

Comment l'utiliser : staple something together (Staple the pages together before handing them in.); staple something to something (She stapled the label to the bag.)

Expressions courantes : staple something together, staple the pages, staple something to something

trier par fibre

Classer le coton, la laine ou des matières semblables selon la longueur ou la qualité de leurs fibres.

En anglais simple : To sort cotton, wool, or similar material by the length or quality of its fibres.

• Workers staple the cotton by fibre length.
• The wool was stapled before sale.
• They stapled each batch according to quality.

Synonymes : sort, grade

Expressions courantes : staple the cotton, staple the wool

de marché réglementé

Relatif à une ville ou un marché où certaines marchandises étaient officiellement achetées et vendues.

En anglais simple : Connected with a town or market where particular goods were officially bought and sold.

• The merchants gathered in a staple town.
• Wool passed through the staple port.
• The king granted privileges to the staple market.

Expressions courantes : staple town, staple port, staple market

établi dans le commerce

Bien établi dans le commerce ou vendu régulièrement sur un marché.

En anglais simple : Firmly established in trade or regularly sold in a market.

• The port depended on its staple trade.
• Wool became a staple commodity in the region.
• Merchants dealt mainly in staple goods.

Synonymes : established

Expressions courantes : staple trade, staple goods, staple commodity