| 单词 | pattern |
| 释义 | pattern (pætəʳn ) Word forms: patterns 1. countable noun B1+ A pattern is the repeated or regular way in which something happens or is done. All three attacks followed the same pattern. A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent. [+ of] Synonyms: order, plan, system, method 2. countable noun B1 A pattern is an arrangement of lines or shapes, especially a design in which the same shape is repeated at regular intervals over a surface. ...a golden robe embroidered with red and purple thread stitched into a pattern of flames. [+ of] 3. countable noun B2 A pattern is a diagram or shape that you can use as a guide when you are making something such as a model or a piece of clothing. ...cutting out a pattern for trousers. [+ for] Send for our free patterns to knit yourself. ...sewing patterns. Collocations: betting patterns All matches this weekend have been cancelled by the FA due to unusual betting patterns. The Sun (2008) The inquiry was prompted by irregular betting patterns during the half-time interval of the Championship match. Times, Sunday Times (2008) One official explained how investigators identify dodgy results by strange betting patterns. The Sun (2008) As they moved into unfamiliar territory, they faced extreme landscapes, hostile neighbors and poorly understood climate patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That’s worked out well for them until now, but forests around the world are changing as a result of more volatile climate patterns. Smithsonian Mag Past that we have to rely on the distribution of sediments, and markers of past glaciers, which we can extrapolate out to roughly indicate climate patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Key factors include climate patterns, airline schedules and hotel prices. Times, Sunday Times Change in climate patterns could result in relative drought in these areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Macaques that tended to keep away from their peers had similar gene patterns in their blood cells. Times, Sunday Times They shared as many gene patterns as fourth cousins. Times, Sunday Times Salter adopts the second meaning: copies of an individual's gene patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The intricate ridge patterns are unique to each finger. FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity (2002) These incredible photographs reveal the intricate patterns hidden in all our eyeballs. The Sun (2012) Stained-glass window panels filter jewellike colours and intricate patterns into the place. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Analysts say that the chancellor will undershoot his borrowing target of 75 billion this tax year by almost 5 billion if the recent pattern persists. Times, Sunday Times The fact that the burst suppression pattern persists after a patient undergoes cortical deafferentation indicates that burst suppression represents an intrinsic dynamic mode of cortex. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The same pattern persists in the next two quatrains as well, and only changes at the last division, the couplet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The grayish color fades to white on the dorsum and belly; juvenile pigmentation pattern persists with little modification in adult males and females. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This pattern reflects a different history and different social relations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pattern reflects the shape of the natural building material. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The language and pattern reflects that of ancient royal treaties in which a great king identified himself and his previous gracious acts toward a subject king or people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was attributed to a precipitation pattern that resulted in a relatively higher amount of grass seed available, and a lower amount of available forbs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cores, which were up to 49m (160ft) long, provided a record of the freezing, melting and precipitation patterns of the past 11,700 years. Times, Sunday Times Climate change has altered precipitation patterns in the desert, leading to the survey sites receiving 20 percent less precipitation than when they were first studied. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Furthermore, pollution from wildfires can exacerbate climate change by releasing atmospheric aerosols, which modify cloud and precipitation patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Precipitation patterns vary widely, ranging from several meters of water per year to less than a millimeter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The study, which analyzed 509 million tweets from 2.4 million users in 84 countries, found that moods fluctuate in a predictable pattern. Christianity Today Tennis lessons, in my experience, tend to follow a depressingly predictable pattern. Times, Sunday Times The conflict cycle becomes a predictable pattern of negative events and, eventually, couples come to expect them to happen. Times,Sunday Times By studying the lives of several of these people, a common and predictable pattern emerges. Christianity Today Imagined futures will not, therefore, descend vertically like a genealogy, connected organically and travelling through time in a predictable pattern. The Times Literary Supplement This rainfall pattern has become increasingly evident only since the 1980s. Times, Sunday Times Other subspecies undertake local or altitudinal movements often dependent on the rainfall pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a bimodal rainfall pattern with no dry season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Air humidity generally follows closely the rainfall pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The erratic rainfall pattern of the area has however made fishing highly seasonal and precarious occupation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is it a random pattern of chemicals dropped on a sheet of light-sensitive paper or a landscape of waving light and grass? Times, Sunday Times The 'craft' drifted across the sky, switching from a delta formation, to a random pattern, then an arched line and a triangle before disappearing. The Sun The remaining parcels of light - called photons - will create a seemingly random pattern, called a speckle pattern, on the wall. Times,Sunday Times Windows are placed in a random pattern and deeply recessed into the walls. Globe and Mail The council said plants had originally been arranged in a 'random pattern'. Times, Sunday Times They are also cooing now - that soft, moody cooing, with a regular pattern that has often been transcribed in words. Times, Sunday Times I try to study hard and according to a regular pattern. Christianity Today This became a regular pattern until, at the age of 19, she broke away from him. Times, Sunday Times It has been a much quieter apparition than in previous years, with the major cloud belts and other features settled down into a regular pattern. Times, Sunday Times It has been a regular pattern. Times,Sunday Times They know the impact it had on their family and on themselves and the thought of repeating that pattern weighs heavily on their minds. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It seemed that he had spent much of her childhood in fear and was now repeating that pattern in adulthood. Know Your Own Mind (1991) She repeats the same patterns, hoping to put a different ending to the story. Beyond Chaotic Eating (1993) However, if any of the above statements has become a repeated pattern in your life, you are at risk of ministry burnout. Christianity Today Initially, this problem can seem like 'normal' boils or abscesses - it's the repeated pattern and scarring that gives the game away. The Sun If a component has a repeated pattern in flow distribution more than twice, thus violating the mirror image requirements required for symmetric boundary condition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each rhombomere can cause a repeated pattern of rhombomere-specific neurons, including reticulospinal neurons, many of which share properties such as mediolateral location. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A helical-wheel plot can be used to show this repeated pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most astronomers think they are emitted by collapsed stars but that would not explain the repeating pattern. The Sun An arpeggiator allows you to hold down a chord and set in motion a repeating pattern. Times, Sunday Times An aperiodic tiling uses a small set of tile shapes that can not form a repeating pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The red letters were lit up for five seconds, followed by the floodlights for ten seconds, in a repeating pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It incorporates a repeating pattern of circular forms to convey messages of centrality and inclusiveness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But this can mean there's that 'annoying and repetitive pattern', too. Times, Sunday Times How do the club break a repetitive pattern of underachievement? Times, Sunday Times It's stuck in a repetitive pattern of pursuit, followed by peril, followed by escape from peril, then new pursuit followed by peril... and on and on it goes. Times, Sunday Times To get the full effect you have to move forward to peer at every detail, step back to discover the repetitive pattern. Times, Sunday Times There also might be a repetitive pattern of voice or of pressure without any associated sound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Values closer to 1 indicate a good fit between the observed response pattern and the expected examinee response patterns generated from the hierarchy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spirituals are prominent, and often use a call and response pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, when both the temporal and spatial separation between the dots varied, they failed to observe the response pattern that the constant velocity hypothesis predicts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Deviation from this response pattern signifies either abnormal heart function or abnormal autonomic nervous control of the heart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moreover, attempts were made to combine words of relatively equal response strength in order to reduce the effects of social desirability in response patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their attempts to reverse this pattern will form the next compelling narrative. Times, Sunday Times In recent weeks, the group's share price has reversed the pattern of the past six months, gaining more than 60% in the last four weeks. Times, Sunday Times That reverses the pattern of the past year, of military success and political failure. Times, Sunday Times Here's an interesting rhythmic pattern, but then nothing happens — it's just repeated for the whole track. Times, Sunday Times There his skills are amazing: the alliteration, the assonance, the rhythmic pattern. Times, Sunday Times The repeating idea may be a rhythmic pattern, part of a tune, or a complete melody in itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The third step in the evolution was the total loss of a rhythmic pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It contains a four-on-the-floor rhythmic pattern, while making heavy use of synthesizers and bass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clothing prices did not drop in the usual seasonal pattern as the pandemic affected summer sales. The Sun If there's a seasonal pattern to your blues, try light therapy. The Sun There has long been a seasonal pattern to births - a phenomenon that has been known about since the 19th century. Times, Sunday Times The study also went some way to explain a seasonal pattern to the incidence of strokes - high in winter, lower in summer. Times, Sunday Times Studies indicate that avian influenza viruses have a seasonal pattern, much like human seasonal influenza viruses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The clustered settlement pattern and non-agricultural activities such as storage compounds, are reasonably well integrated as a result of this framework. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Coupled with coastlines that do not favor seaport development, this settlement pattern resulted in a much greater than usual dependence on land and rail transportation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Find locations are widely distributed, suggesting a settlement pattern of hamlets and villages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tribal organization was based on the clan system of loyalties, and the dispersed settlement pattern of separate, scattered, mostly fortified homesteads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The landscape of this woreda has been described as undulating mountains covered by a scattered settlement pattern, which make development efforts more difficult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He wants to introduce new shift patterns, with staff spending longer at the coalface. The Sun (2011) That may require asking businesses to stagger shift patterns where possible. Times,Sunday Times (2020) We both worked odd shift patterns but managed to find time for each other. The Sun (2012) The shifting patterns that had delighted my eye had confused the far keener eye of the peregrine. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The Sun moves around the galaxy through a constantly shifting pattern of other stars. Infinite in All Directions (1989) The shifting patterns of colour become static. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We are seeing a similar pattern here and the chancellor has rightly refused to conform to it. Times,Sunday Times So crowdsourcing comes from outsourcing, with a similar pattern of pronunciation, the same initial vowel, but by adding a noun rather than an adverb. Times, Sunday Times A similar pattern was observed after the recession of the early 1980s. Times, Sunday Times For a cheaper option, try linoleum flooring with a similar pattern. Times, Sunday Times Do different groups in different countries, working with different measures in different organisations, show a similar pattern? Times, Sunday Times The light and sound from a telly disrupts normal sleep patterns if left on all night. The Sun (2010) The naturally occurring amino acid boosts serotonin to establish a healthy sleep pattern. The Sun (2016) Changing your sleep pattern confuses your body clock. The Sun (2006) You can use this with your console or computer, with specific pattern settings depending on the recording you are doing. The Sun A study has found that pulling out 200 hairs in a specific pattern and density can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow. Times, Sunday Times Each situation corresponds to a specific pattern. The Sun He speaks with a specific rhythm, a specific pattern. Times, Sunday Times The selection of the films seem to be quite random and follow no specific pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The actor had been working hard on copying Liberace's speech patterns and stage manner. Times, Sunday Times (2011) If you were to pay close attention to your patterns of speech, you would find that you probably have a certain style of speaking that is shared by your friends. Sociology (1995) You have to tune in to his speech pattern. Times, Sunday Times (2010) And he believes spending pattern changes could be here to stay. The Sun But do look around for a package that might suit your particular saving and spending pattern. Times, Sunday Times But as long as they identified themselves, the bank was happy to transfer large amounts to various overseas destinations, even though it was way outside their normal spending pattern. Times, Sunday Times Consumers will use their spending patterns to choose which tariffs suit them best — with guidance from an app. The Sun Its app categorises where you've spent your money and even predicts your future spending patterns based on past behaviour. Times, Sunday Times The surgeons are seeing a striking pattern in injuries, which are often on or near the knee joint and never fully heal. Times, Sunday Times One striking pattern about the weather this year has been the stark contrasts in rains. Times, Sunday Times The fish’s graceful form and striking pattern quickly attracted the attention of hobby aquarists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And this also fits a striking pattern of later autumns that has been going on in recent times as temperatures rise, on average. Times, Sunday Times Because of this striking pattern, wobbegongs and their close relatives are often referred to as carpet sharks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now, however, experts are finding a far more subtle pattern. Times, Sunday Times Some have a subtle pattern, and textured fabrics are common in more casual kimono. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The brain's rhythms of electrical activity can slip into sync with certain subtle patterns of sound in a phenomenon known as entrainment. Times, Sunday Times They can be designed to create subtle patterns, super graphics, and text. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The walls are of red brick with several subtle patterns, the richest being on the gable end. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 People all over the world are running over the same patterns of thought and behaviour again and again. HABIT BUSTING: A 10-step plan that will change your life (2002) An amazing series of thought patterns came into play. Christianity Today (2000) During bouts of illness it is very easy to slip into bad thought patterns. M.E. and You - a self-help plan (1988) He begins to trace a pattern of behaviour - older fathers often away from home. The Sun For example, the player must trace the pattern of a groove to clear it or rub the item to clean stains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As it swept through the air, it traced a pattern that effectively proved the world was spinning about an axis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He then begins to trace the pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As both began to trace the patterns of their behavior in their personal histories, some understanding and respect began to replace the blaming and accusations. Christianity Today This has become the traditional pattern for fully baked modern conservation projects. Times, Sunday Times Gone will be the traditional pattern of album reviews and band interviews, with sport, film and computer games filling large parts of the magazine. Times, Sunday Times This financing followed the traditional pattern under which banks give oil explorers what they call 'reserve-based' loans. Times, Sunday Times Undergraduate numbers have tripled but students have been expected to conform mostly to the traditional pattern of study. Times, Sunday Times Forecasters expect the summer weather, after the drought of 2006 and the floods of 2007, to return to the more traditional pattern of 'three fine days and a thunderstorm'. Times, Sunday Times According to one official, their conversation followed the typical pattern at the time. Times, Sunday Times This was a typical pattern: identifying problems and doing something about them. Times, Sunday Times This was the most typical pattern among the traders and trappers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the typical pattern, a person wakes very early and can not get back to sleep. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ritualized taunts, single combats and tentative charges were the typical pattern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sensor reads the unique pattern in under a second and lights up green to show the print has been approved. The Sun They bring a unique pattern to the sounds we hear in language and music as well. The Sun In all of the above methods, each of these phases, frequencies or amplitudes are assigned a unique pattern of binary bits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Callosities form a unique pattern on every right whale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each substance will have its own unique pattern of spectral lines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unusual patterns of thought and physical behaviour, including repetitive physical movements. Times, Sunday Times In doing so it has confirmed unusual patterns in positrons, the antimatter version of electrons. Times, Sunday Times The winter weather was driven by unusual patterns of pressure systems across the world. Times, Sunday Times You might have seen unfamiliar people in sensitive areas of the airport, or unusual patterns of activity such as night-time airdrops. Times, Sunday Times They have the technology to spot and put a stop to unusual patterns of account behaviour. Times, Sunday Times Now the usual pattern of censorship and retribution, combined with a show of placating public ire, appears to be under way. Times, Sunday Times It was, however, fleeting and there was a speedy return to the usual pattern of trade deficits. Times,Sunday Times This year they will probably observe the usual pattern, with large numbers coming out next weekend if the sunnier weather we have been promised arrives. Times, Sunday Times But experts confirmed the patients did not fit the usual pattern. The Sun If they follow their usual pattern, they will soon spread westwards to all of the country. Times, Sunday Times It's remarkable how categories such as age, wealth, internet speed and voting pattern intersect. Times,Sunday Times The year 2017 was characterised by one major voting pattern. Times, Sunday Times That voting pattern was repeated across the media. Times,Sunday Times Does the voting pattern tell us anything about its success? Times, Sunday Times While the link between age group and voting pattern was striking, the survey showed that the class divide seemed to have closed. Times, Sunday Times Weather patterns will change, turning fertile areas into desert. Fire and Ice - the Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Depletion, and Nuclear Winter (1990) Dangerous seas and unpredictable weather patterns mean the journey is risky. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He blamed changing weather patterns caused by global warming. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Quite a bit of tablet weave, where you weave a pattern into the fabric, has been found. Times, Sunday Times The weave pattern determines which harness controls which warp yarns, and the number of harnesses used depends on the complexity of the weave. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The downtown area was paved with concrete and overlaid with bricks in rows, changing to a basket weave pattern at the intersections of streets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The engraved dial features a weaving pattern that captures the light and accentuates its texture. Times, Sunday Times But there's no denying his skill in creating movement of seamless flow and energy, in circling and weaving patterns of which this couple are perfect exponents. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 式样, 模式 Japanese: 模様, パターン |
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