1·Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population.
大米是世界上半数以上人口的主食。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Roughly one-half of the world's population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia also, is wholly dependent on rice to be its staple food.
世界上大约一半的人口，包括几乎所有的东亚和东南亚国家，都完全以大米作为主食。
3·Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.
研究人员说，大麦是一个意外发现：这种作物生长在欧亚大陆西部，直到大约两千年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。
4·Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2, 000 years ago, according to the researchers.
研究人员说，大麦是一个意外的发现：这种作物在欧亚大陆西部被引进，直到大约2000年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。
5·Rice is Japan's staple food.
大米是日本人的主食。
6·Rice is our staple food.
米是我们的主食。
7·Corn is their staple food.
玉米，就是黑熊最主要的口粮。
8·Insufficient ingestion of staple food may thus impair memory.
故主食摄取不足可能对记忆力造成损害。
9·In Shanxi, flour serves as a staple food, snack and even art.
在山西小麦面粉被作为一种固定的食材小吃甚至是艺术。
10·Have their own food production base of non-staple food processing.
有自己的食品副食品加工生产基地。