staple diet

a) DFFOODthe food that you normally eat 主食

staple diet of

They live on a staple diet of rice and vegetables.

他们以大米和蔬菜为主食。

b) MAINsomething that is always being produced, seen, bought etc 经常制作[看到，购买等]的东西

staple diet of

television’s staple diet of soap operas and quiz shows

以肥皂剧和问答比赛为主的电视节目

Examples from the Corpus

staple diet• It is hard and lacks nutrients and yet is the panda's staple diet.• Worms are a staple diet and these have been in short supply due to the summer drought.• The staple diet for most of the coral fishes should be a good dry food.• Attacks on the immorality and decadence of aristocratic culture were the staple diet of purity tracts and speeches.• Reindeer moss, the staple diet of the deer herds, was also said to have disappeared completely.• In living-rooms throughout the country, violence, gratuitous and graphic, is often the staple diet of the video generation.• They could catch and eat more of their staple diet - worms and insects - surviving in accordance with the laws of natural selection.

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