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patch

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ldoce_250_dpatch1 /pætʃ/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  part of an area 小块,小片MARKAREA a small area of something that is different from the area around it 〔与周围部分不同的〕斑，小块
patch of
 We finally found a patch of grass to sit down on.
我们最后找到一小片草地可以坐下来。
 Belinda watched a patch of sunlight move slowly across the wall.
贝琳达看着一小片阳光从墙的一边缓缓移到另一边。
 Look out for icy patches on the road.
小心路上结冰的地方。
 a cat with a white patch on its chest
胸部有一块白斑的猫
 He combs his hair over his bald patch.
他把头发梳过来盖住秃掉的地方。
→5  See picture of patch 补丁;eye patch 眼罩;patch AmE 【美】/badge BrE 【英】徽章
2  over a hole 在破洞上DCC a small piece of material that is sewn on something to cover a hole in it 补片，补丁
 a jacket with leather patches at the elbows
肘部有皮革补丁的短上衣
3  for growing STH 用于种植某物DLGAREA a small area of ground for growing fruit or vegetables 〔用于种水果或蔬菜的〕小块土地
 a strawberry patch
一小块草莓地
4. computer 计算机 a small computer program that is added to software to solve problems 〔软件的〕补丁程序
5  eye 眼睛MDPROTECT a piece of material that you wear over your eye to protect it when it has been hurt 眼罩
 He had a black patch over one eye.
他一只眼戴着黑眼罩。
6. decoration 装饰DCCDECORATE American EnglishAmE a small piece of cloth with words or pictures on it that you can sew onto clothes 〔缝在衣服上带有文字或图画的〕缀饰，徽章 SYN British English badge
7  a bad/difficult/sticky/rough patch informalDIFFICULTPERIOD OF TIME a period of time when you are having a lot of difficulty 艰难的时期
 Gemma’s going through a bad patch right now.
杰玛眼下过得很艰难。
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a bad/difficult/sticky/rough patch• Ruefully, she recalled her pleasure at the way the book, after a difficult patch, had begun to develop.• Having hit a bad patch, financially, I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine.• Sometimes I am a real power pack of efficiency; then I hit a bad patch.• Talk about hitting a bad patch.• Every team goes through a bad patch.• The Royal Family is certainly going through a rough patch.• Even when they knew he was going through a bad patch they would continue to deliver dangerous back-passes to him.• Evode has gone through a sticky patch.
8  somebody’s patch British EnglishBrE informalLIVE SOMEWHERE an area that someone knows very well because they work or live there 某人了如指掌的地区 SYN turf
 Policemen know what’s going on in their home patch.
警察了解自己辖区的情况。
Examples from the Corpus
home patch• Bénéteau went to town in their usual impressive way; it is, after all, their home patch.
9  not be a patch on somebody/something British EnglishBrE informalWORSE to be much less attractive, good etc than something or someone else 远不如某人/某物，比某人/某物差得远
 The second film isn’t a patch on the first.
第二部电影比第一部差远了。
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + patch
a small/large etc patch
Some of the hills still had small patches of snow.
a white/black/red etc patch
The bird has a large black patch on each side of its neck.
a damp/wet patch
There were damp patches on the ceilings.
a bald patch
He stroked the bald patch on the back of his head .
a dark patch
She noticed two dark patches on the sleeve of his shirt.
a clear patch
Clear patches of brilliant blue sky appeared briefly through the white storm clouds.
a bright patch
Poppies and daisies provided bright patches of colour along the edge of the field.
icy patches (=on a road)
Some icy patches are likely on roads as temperatures drop tonight.
fog patches
There'll be a widespread frost with mist and one or two fog patches
Examples from the Corpus
patch• Patches of grease covered the kitchen walls.• I noticed a patch of dirt in the middle of the rug.• a white kitten with black patches• He tied his horse to a tree outside this bushy patch and left him grazing.• She touches the small colorful patches with her index finger, and laughs.• There's a damp patch under the window.• There were some darker patches on the carpet.• Both knees of his jeans had patches on them.• Detective McCready had taken over; he didn't want us on his patch.• The car hit an icy patch on the road and went out of control.• He told me to be more aggressive in representing my patch.• a nicotine patch• a pumpkin patch• Morris is going through one of the roughest patches of his presidency.• There was an ugly, scorched patch right in the middle of the skirt.• There are small patches with the emblems of sports cars sewn at odd, playful angles on the front.• A smaller patch of lesser quality vines extends southwards on to the north-east-facing slopes of Mont Aimé.• The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.• There are other people who have sun-tans that leave white patches on their arms.
bald patch• It was thin and ragged, and folded forward to hide a growing bald patch.• My hair falls out at the slightest touch, sometimes leaving little bald patches.• If you crick your neck you might spot the odd bald patch, too!• Same-shaped bald patch, same fringe of white hair.• I noticed a small bald patch on the crown of his head.• More so than the bald patch at the back of his head.• But this can just mean patchy regrowth, with bald patches, not the whole leg of hair disappearing.
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patch2 (also patch up) verb [transitiveT + with]  
1.DCCto repair a hole in something by putting a piece of something else over it 修补；缝补
2 patch something ↔ together phrasal verbphr v MAKEto make something quickly or carelessly from a number of different pieces or ideas 〔用碎料〕仓促拼制；〔把不同的观点〕草草拼凑
 A new plan was quickly patched together.
一项新计划很快就拼凑出来了。
Examples from the Corpus
patch together• Specialist multi disciplinary teams, it is advocated, are the fabric for patching them together.• In the weeks to come, Felicity would show me patches sewn together by hand.
3 patch something/somebody ↔ up phrasal verbphr v 
a) ARGUEto end an argument because you want to stay friendly with someone 与〔某人〕和解；解决 分歧〕
 Try to patch up your differences before he leaves.
尽量在他走之前解决你们之间的分歧。
patch it/things up (with somebody)
 He went back to patch things up with his wife.
他回去想跟妻子和好。
b) REPAIRto repair a hole in something by putting a piece of something else over it 修补
 We’ll have to patch up the hole in the roof.
我们得修补屋顶上的洞。
c) MHto give quick and basic medical treatment to someone who is hurt 快速处理，临时包扎〔伤者〕
 We patched up the wounded as best we could.
我们尽可能地给伤者包扎好。
Examples from the Corpus
patch up• Colin and Dawn fell in love when Dawn tried to help them patch things up.• They are responsible of the errors committed and they are the ones who must patch things up.• We followed a dirt road through Chianti vineyards, waving to stubbly-faced farmers in corduroy trousers festooned with patches.• They patched him up, and he dozed through the night.• Simply making the effort to talk about how to patch things up could turn you into a human relations winner.• What can I do to patch things up for them?• A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing, with the greatest of ease.• Eventually, we patched things up with some pumpkin pie.
patch up ... differences• And the couple are now taking an early-break break from their civic duties to patch up their differences.• But the pair, openly hostile by the end of last year, will patch up their mutual differences.• Phil Coleman ... patched up his differences with Steve Dowman at Wivenhoe.
Examples from the Corpus
patch• Trash collection has improved, he said, leaf pickup has resumed and more than 35,000 potholes have been patched.• Rip one seam and the coat will patch itself on the spot.• He patched through it somehow, though.• He had been wounded four times-and patched up, and sent back to war.• They built timber groynes and constructed chalk banks and patched up breaches as they occurred.• And the couple are now taking an early-break break from their civic duties to patch up their differences.• Their planking was patched with corrugated iron, their roofs shingled with flattened tin cans.
Origin patch1
(1300-1400) Perhaps from Old French pieche “piece”
patch1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1patch2 verb
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