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Patchwork Made Pieces N 英 Pætʃwɜːk] 美 Pætʃwɜːrk N.修补工作;拼凑的东西;混杂物

英语单词 patchwork
英美音标 英 ['pætʃwɜːk] 美 ['pætʃwɜːrk]
中文释义 n.修补工作;拼凑的东西;混杂物
英语例句 (1) She patched new cloth to the old coat, so it seemed mere patchwork.
(2) This is not plagiarism but just a patchwork of quotations.
(3) The result is a patchwork landscape.
(4) The city is a huge patchwork of realities.
中文例句 (1) 她把新布初到那件旧上衣上,所以那件衣服看上去就像拼凑起来的东西。
(2) 这不是剽窃,这只是拼凑出来的。
(3) 其结果就是拼缝布一样杂驳的风景。
(4) 城市是个巨大的东拼西凑的现实。
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]拼缀的;拼缝的 A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...beds covered in patchwork quilts.

    盖着百衲被的床

  • Patchwork is also a noun.
    • For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts.

      几个世纪以来,缝被子和做布拼一直是许多人都会做的针线活儿。

2
[N-SING 单数名词]拼凑物;混杂物 If you refer to something as a patchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours.
  [oft N of n]
  • The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.

    低矮的群山上,绿色和棕色混杂着。

  • ...this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities.

    这个复杂的共和国,各种文化、宗教和民族的混合体

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