the desk now held a secondhand computer,with the phone line for the modem stapled along the floor to the nearest phone j
问题描述：
the desk now held a secondhand computer,with the phone line for the modem stapled along the floor to the nearest phone jack.
要怎样理解stapled?谓语?
或者是过去分词分句？
答
桌子上现在有一台二手电脑,用于调制解调器的电话线被沿着地板钉着到达最近的电话插座.staple是钉的意思,是说电话线被钉着布放的意思.这里是过去分词,是with引导的宾语（phone line)的补足语