patch
- IPA[paCH]
美式
- a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point；a pad or shield worn over a sightless or injured eye or an eye socket.
- mend or strengthen (fabric or an item of clothing) by putting a piece of material over a hole or weak point in it；place a patch over (a good eye) in order to encourage a lazy eye to work
verb: patch, 3rd person present: patches, gerund or present participle: patching, past tense: patched, past participle: patched
noun: patch, plural noun: patches
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名詞
- 1. a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point the jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows 同義詞
- ▪ a pad or shield worn over a sightless or injured eye or an eye socket. 同義詞
- ▪ a piece of cloth sewn onto clothing as a badge or distinguishing mark on his sleeve there was a red “Freedom” patch
- ▪ an adhesive piece of drug-impregnated material worn on the skin so that the drug can be absorbed gradually over a period of time once the patch is removed, the drug clears from the body tissue after twenty minutes
- ▪ historical a small disk of black silk attached to the face, especially as worn by women in the 17th and 18th centuries for adornment.
- 2. a part of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic his hair was combed forward to hide a growing bald patch 同義詞
- ▪ a small area or amount of something patches of bluebells in the grass
- 3. a small piece of ground, especially one used for gardening they spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch 同義詞
- ▪ British informal an area for which someone is responsible or in which they operate we didn't want any secret organizations on our patch
- 4. British informal a period of time seen as a distinct unit with a characteristic quality he may have been going through a bad patch 同義詞
- 5. a temporary electrical or telephone connection.
- ▪ a preset configuration or sound data file in an electronic musical instrument, especially a synthesizer the guitar player has a certain patch on his FX which he's happy with synth patches over an endless drum pattern
- 6. a small piece of code inserted into a program to improve its functioning or to correct an error a program patch that fixes a bug
動詞
- 1. mend or strengthen (fabric or an item of clothing) by putting a piece of material over a hole or weak point in it her jeans were neatly patched
- ▪ place a patch over (a good eye) in order to encourage a lazy eye to work the amblyopia may be treated by patching the good eye
- ▪ correct, enhance, or modify (a routine or program) by inserting a patch.
- ▪ cover small areas of (a surface) with something different, causing it to appear variegated the grass was patched with sandy stretches
- 2. informal treat someone's injuries or repair the damage to something, especially hastily they did their best to patch up the gaping wounds
- ▪ construct something hastily from unsuitable components lean-tos patched together from aluminum siding and planks they were trying to patch together an arrangement for cooperation
- ▪ restore peaceful or friendly relations after a quarrel or dispute any ill feeling could be patched up with a phone call they sent him home to patch things up with his wife
- 3. connect by a temporary electrical, radio, or telephonic connection Ralph had patched her through to the meeting by walkie-talkie
- 4. correct, enhance, or modify (a routine or program) by inserting a patch.
- the numerous areas of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the small intestine which are involved in ...
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- the numerous areas of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the small intestine which are involved in ...
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- a run of success or good luck: people expect me to score in every game now I've hit a purple patch
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- a run of success or good luck: people expect me to score in every game now I've hit a purple patch
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- a small isolated platform of coral.
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- a board in a switchboard, computer, or other device with a number of electric sockets that may ...
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- a patch impregnated with nicotine, which is worn on the skin by a person trying to give up ...
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- a small isolated platform of coral.
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- a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point: the jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows
- mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch: her jeans were neatly patched
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