patch
noun/pætʃ/
/pætʃ/
Idioms - a small area of something, especially one which is different from the area around it
色斑；斑点；（与周围不同的）小块，小片 - a black dog with a white patch on its back
背上有一块白斑的黑狗 - a bald patch on the top of his head
他头顶的秃块 - damp patches on the wall
墙上的片片湿渍 - patches of dense fog
团团浓雾 - We sat in a patch of shade under a tree.
我们坐在树下的一片阴凉处。
Synonyms patchpatchdot ▪ mark ▪ spotThese are all words for a small part on a surface that is a different colour from the rest.patch an area of something, especially one which is different from the area around it:- a white dog with a black patch on its head
头上有一块黑斑的白狗 - patches of dense fog
团团浓雾
- The letters ‘i’ and ‘j’ have dots over them.
字母 i 和 j 上面都有一点。 - The island is a small green dot on the map.
这个岛在地图上是一个小绿点。
- The horse had a white mark on its head.
这匹马头上有块白斑。
- Which has spots, a leopard or a tiger?
有斑点的是豹还是虎？
- a patch/dot/mark/spot on something
- with patches/dots/marks/spots
- a blue/black/red, etc. patch/dot/mark/spot
Extra Examples- The velvet curtains were faded in patches.
天鹅绒窗帘有些地方褪色了。 - There were some patches of clear blue sky.
天空中有几处晴朗蔚蓝的地方。 - Flowers provide little bright patches of colour around the garden.
花朵为花园周围增添了一些明亮的色彩。 - an isolated patch of forest
一小块偏僻的林地 - icy patches on the roads
路上结冰的地方 - located on a small patch of flat ground
位于一小块平地上 - This led Nixon into a political briar patch (= a painful situation that is difficult to escape).
这导致尼克松陷入痛苦而又难以摆脱的政治困局。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- irregular
- clear
- coloured/colored
- …
- in patches
- patch of
- patch on
- …
- a patch of colour/color
- a black dog with a white patch on its back
- a small piece of material that is used to cover a hole in something or to make a weak area stronger, or as decoration
补丁；补块 - I sewed patches on the knees of my jeans.
我在我的牛仔裤膝部打了补丁。
Extra Examples- She wore a jacket with bright patches sewn onto it.
她穿了一件夹克，点缀着一些颜色鲜艳的补丁。 - dancers with patches on their costumes
服装上打着补丁的舞蹈演员 - Students were wearing American flag patches on their sleeves.
学生们在袖子上戴着绘有美国国旗的臂章。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + patch- have
- sew on/onto
- patch on
- I sewed patches on the knees of my jeans.
- a piece of material that you wear over an eye, usually because the eye is damaged
眼罩 - He had a black patch over one eye.
他一只眼戴着黑眼罩。
- He had a black patch over one eye.
- (North American English) (British English badge)a piece of material that you sew onto clothes as part of a uniform
（制服上的）标记，标识 - He wears a patch from his employer, Verizon.
他戴着一块雇主弗莱森公司的臂章。 - It has a UPS patch sewn on the right shoulder.
右肩处缝有一块 UPS 肩章。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + patch- sport
- wear
- sew on
- …
- patch on
- He wears a patch from his employer, Verizon.
- a piece of material that people can wear on their skin to help them to stop smoking
戒烟贴片 - nicotine patches
尼古丁戒烟贴片
- nicotine patches
- a small piece of land, especially one used for growing vegetables or fruit
小块土地；（尤指）菜地，果园 - a vegetable patch
一块菜地 - We had a strawberry patch beside the greenhouse.
在温室旁我们有一块草莓圃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- isolated
- grassy
- bare
- …
- in a/the patch
- on a/the patch
- patch of
- a vegetable patch
- (British English, informal) an area that somebody works in, knows well or comes from
工作地；熟悉的地区；家乡 - He knows every house in his patch.
他熟悉他那地区的每一座房子。 - She has had a lot of success in her home patch.
她在自己的家乡地区真是成绩斐然。
- He knows every house in his patch.
- (informal, especially British English) a period of time of the type mentioned, usually a difficult or unhappy one
一段（艰难）岁月；一段（痛苦）日子 - to go through a bad/difficult/sticky patch
经历艰难／困难／不幸的时期
Extra Examples- I was going through a patch of poor health.
我那段时间健康状况不佳。 - Their business hit a sticky patch last year.
他们的生意去年遭遇了一段艰难时期。 - The team has been through a rough patch recently.
团队近来经历了一段艰难时期。 - We did have a patch of bad luck, but we're through it now.
我们确实有过一段霉运，但现在已经过去了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- difficult
- rocky
- …
- go through
- have
- hit
- …
- patch of
- to go through a bad/difficult/sticky patch
- a small piece of code (= instructions that a computer can understand) which can be added to a computer program to improve it or to correct a fault
修补（程序）；补丁 - Follow the instructions below to download and install the patch.
按照下面的说明下载并安装修补程序。 - Update and apply all security patches to your browser, as soon as possible.
尽快更新并应用所有安全补丁到您的浏览器。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- security
- apply
- deploy
- download
- …
- Follow the instructions below to download and install the patch.
small area
piece of material
piece/area of land
difficult time
in computing
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French pieche, dialect variant of piece ‘piece’.
Idioms
be not a patch on somebody/something
- (informal, especially British English) to be much less good, attractive, etc. than somebody/something else
远不如；远比…逊色 - This book isn’t a patch on her others.
这本书并不是她其他书的一个补丁。 - She was no great beauty. Not a patch on Martha.
她算不上大美女。比玛莎还差。
- This book isn’t a patch on her others.