patch

noun

1. a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

Synonym: bandage

2. a protective cloth covering for an injured eye

Synonym: eyepatch

3. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

e.g. her stockings had several mends

Synonym: menddarn

4. a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole

5. a connection intended to be used for a limited time

Synonym: temporary hookup

6. a small contrasting part of something

e.g. a bald spot
a leopard's spots
a patch of clouds
patches of thin ice
a fleck of red

Synonym: spotspeckledapplefleckmaculation

7. a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

8. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

e.g. a bean plot
a cabbage patch
a briar patch

Synonym: plotplot of landplot of ground

9. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

e.g. he was here for a little while
I need to rest for a piece
a spell of good weather
a patch of bad weather

Synonym: whilepiecespell

verb

1. repair by adding pieces

e.g. She pieced the china cup

Synonym: piece

2. mend by putting a patch on

e.g. patch a hole

Synonym: patch up

3. to join or unite the pieces of

e.g. patch the skirt

Synonym: piece

4. provide with a patch
also used metaphorically

e.g. The field was patched with snow

1. （表面上）与周围不同的部分
A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it.

patch

e.g. ...the bald patch on the top of his head...
他头顶上的秃斑
e.g. There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds.
灰色的云团中透出一小片蓝天。

2. （种有某种植物或农作物的）小块土地
A patch of land is a small area of land where a particular plant or crop grows.

e.g. ...a patch of land covered in forest.
一小块林地
e.g. ...the little vegetable patch in her backyard.
她家后院中的一小块菜地

3. 补丁；补片
A patch is a piece of material which you use to cover a hole in something.

e.g. ...jackets with patches on the elbows.
肘部打着补丁的夹克
e.g. ...trying to fix the flat tire by putting a patch on it.
想打上一块补丁修好漏气的轮胎

4. （保护受伤眼睛的）眼罩
A patch is a small piece of material which you wear to cover an injured eye.

e.g. She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
她去了医院，发现他躺着，一只眼睛戴着眼罩。

5. 补缀；修补
If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole.

e.g. He and Walker patched the barn roof...
他和沃克补好了谷仓顶。
e.g. One of the mechanics took off the damaged tyre, and took it back to the station to be patched.
其中一个机修工卸下坏轮胎，把它带回维修站修补。

6. 补丁
A patch is a piece of computer program code written as a temporary solution for dealing with a virus in computer software and distributed by the makers of the original program.

e.g. Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.
老些的机器需要下载软件补丁来修改日期。

7. 一段艰难时期
If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time.

patch的意思

e.g. His marriage was going through a bad patch...
他的婚姻当时麻烦不断。
e.g. The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司经历了一段困难时期。

8. 比不上；远不及
If you say that someone or something is not a patch on another person or thing, you mean that they are not as good as that person or thing.

patch是什么意思

e.g. He's not a patch on the rest of the Cabinet...
他远比不上内阁的其他成员。
e.g. Handsome, she thought, but not a patch on Alex.
是帅，她想，不过比亚历克斯差远了。

相关词组：patch togetherpatch up

1. 修补：来升级或加入臭虫(bug)的修正至未打包(unarchived)的原始档案. doc档案与/或 README 档案会告知你这算不算该情况. 对於使用 Larry Wall 的强力 修补(patch) 工具之正常的语法(syntax)是 patch < patchfile.

2. patch

2. 补丁程序：其实现在<>还是一直处在一个不断更新的阶段,所以后来几乎每个星期都发现几个补丁程序(PATCH)成了很正常的事. 好了,注册完毕,<>的测试者们立刻会被过滤到一个特定的通道(Channel)里,而玩其他游戏的玩家们则会被排除在外.