Examples

今天午饭的主食是菜团子。

The main staple food for today’s lunch is vegetable rolls. → 菜团子

谷类作物是我们日常生活中的主食。

Cereal crops are the main food of our daily life. → 谷类作物

我喜欢在吃主食之后喝一些汤水。

I love to have some soup after eating staple foods. → 汤水

主食

staple → 食

to live on bread

以面包为主食 → on

The Chinese staple food is rice, but they also raise wheat, barley, beans, corn.

中国人多以大米为主食，但同时也种植小麦、大麦、豆类以及玉米。 → barley

to live on a diet of fish and rice

以鱼和米为主食 → diet

Cereals form their staple diet.

谷物构成了他们的主食。 → form

We lived off fruit for a week.

我们一个星期都以水果为主食。 → live off

The children live on chips.

孩子们把薯条当主食。 → live on