patch

noun

/pætʃ/

Idioms

small area小块

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.我们坐在树下的一块阴凉处。

Synonyms patchpatch

dot
mark
spot

These 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
dot
a small round mark on something, especially one that is printed:
- 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。
mark
an area of colour that is easy to notice on the body of a person or animal:
- The horse had a white mark on its head.这匹马头上有块白斑。
spot
a small round area that is a different colour or feels different from the surface it is on:
- Which has spots, a leopard or a tiger?有斑点的是豹还是虎？

Patterns

a patch/dot/mark/spot on something
with patches/dots/marks/spots
a blue/black/red, etc. patch/dot/mark/spot

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.鲜花为花园增添了一点点鲜艳的色彩。
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。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

irregular
clear
coloured/colored
…

preposition

in patches
patch of
patch on
…

phrases

a patch of colour/color

piece of material小片材料

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。

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。

Collocations Dictionaryverb + patch

have
sew on/onto

preposition

patch on

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。

piece/area of land地块

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。

Topics Gardensc1

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

isolated
grassy
bare
…

preposition

in a/the patch
on a/the patch

preposition

patch of

(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。

difficult time艰难时刻

(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

in computing计算机技术

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.尽快更新所有安全补丁并将其应用到您的浏览器。

Topics Computersc2

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

security

verb + patch

apply
deploy
download
…

词源late 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.这本书不是她其他书的翻版。
- She was no great beauty. Not a patch on Martha.她不是什么大美人。不是玛莎的补丁。