1
- a repeated decorative design图案, 花样：
a neat blue herringbone pattern.
一个简洁的蓝色人字形图案。
1.1
- an arrangement or sequence regularly found in comparable objects or events样式, 模式：
the house had been built on the usual pattern.
这所房子是按照常见样式建造的。
1.2
- a regular and intelligible form or sequence discernible in certain actions or situations方式, 模式：
a complicating factor is the change in working patterns.
一个复杂化的因素是工作方式的变化。
2
- a model or design used as a guide in needlework and other crafts（针线活或其他手艺的）样板, 花样, 图案。
2.1
- a set of instructions to be followed in making a sewn or knitted item（缝纫或编织的）花样说明。
2.2
- a wooden or metal model from which a mould is made for a casting模具, 模型。
2.3
- an example for others to follow模范, 典范, 榜样：
he set the pattern for subsequent study.
他为以后的研究树立了典范。
2.4
- a sample of cloth or wallpaper（布或墙纸的）样品。
with obj.
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- usu. as adj. patterned decorate with a recurring design用图案装饰, 给…加上花样：
rosebud patterned wallpapers
有玫瑰花蕾图案的壁纸
violet-tinged flowers patterned the grassy banks.
紫罗兰色的花朵装点着绿草茵茵的堤岸。
2
- give a regular or intelligible form to赋予…以固定（或易辨认）的形式：
the brain not only receives information, but interprets and patterns it.
大脑不但接收信息, 而且诠释信息并将其归类。
2.1
pattern something on/after
give something a form based on that of (something else)仿造, 仿制; 使照…的样子：the clothing is patterned on athletes' wear.
这些衣服是仿照运动员的穿着制作的。
词源
Middle English patron 'something serving as a model', from Old French （see PATRON）. The change in sense is from the idea of a patron giving an example to be copied. Metathesis in the second syllable occurred in the 16th cent. By 1700 patron ceased to be used of things, and the two forms became differentiated in sense.