staple

graffetta, punto metallico

Piccolo pezzo di metallo piegato che tiene uniti fogli di carta o altri materiali.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: remove a staple, metal staple, staple remover

alimento di base, bene essenziale

Alimento o altro prodotto fondamentale di cui le persone hanno bisogno e che usano regolarmente.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: a staple of something (Bread is a staple of their diet.)

Sinonimi: basic necessity, essential

Espressioni comuni: dietary staple, household staple, staple of something

elemento ricorrente, presenza fissa

Qualcosa che compare spesso ed è una parte familiare di un insieme più grande.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: a staple of something (Car chases are a staple of action films.)

Sinonimi: regular feature, fixture

Espressioni comuni: staple of comedy, television staple, staple of something

fibra corta

Fibra corta, naturale o artificiale, che può essere ritorta con altre per formare un filo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: fibre

Espressioni comuni: short staple, long staple, cotton staple

spillare, pinzare

Unire fogli o altri materiali con piccole graffe di metallo piegate.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: staple something together (Staple the pages together before handing them in.); staple something to something (She stapled the label to the bag.)

Espressioni comuni: staple something together, staple the pages, staple something to something

classificare per fibra

Separare cotone, lana o materiali simili secondo la lunghezza o la qualità delle fibre.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: sort, grade

Espressioni comuni: staple the cotton, staple the wool

di mercato autorizzato

Relativo a una città o un mercato dove un tempo si compravano e vendevano ufficialmente determinate merci.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: staple town, staple port, staple market

affermato nel commercio

Ben affermato nel commercio o venduto regolarmente sul mercato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: established

Espressioni comuni: staple trade, staple goods, staple commodity