英语词汇“patch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or reinforce a weak spot

a shield worn over an injured eye

a cover, e.g. a piece of adhesive plaster, applied to a wound

a shield worn over the socket of an injured or missing eye

a small piece; a scrap

a small area distinct from its surroundings

a small piece of land used for growing vegetables

a piece of cloth sewn on a garment as an ornament or insignia

a piece of adhesive plaster impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin to allow the drug to be absorbed

a temporary connection in a communications system

a small file supplied to correct a fault in a computer program

chiefly Brit, informal a period of a specified type

going through a bad patch

chiefly Brit an area for which a particular individual or unit, e.g. of police, has responsibility

a tiny piece of black silk formerly worn on the face, esp by women in the 17th and 18th cents, to set off the complexion

not a patch on

Brit, informal not nearly as good as

[Middle English pacche, perhaps from early French pieche, variant of piece: see piece¹]

to mend or cover (e.g. a hole or weak spot) with a patch

He patched the elbow of his jacket

We treated the squint by patching the good eye for ten minutes every day

to provide (something) with a patch

informal (often + up/together) to mend or put together (something), esp in a hasty or shabby fashion

They were attempting to patch up their marriage

informal (+ up) to bring (a quarrel, dispute, etc) to an end

to make a patch in (a computer program)

to make a change in (data stored on a computer) without following the standard routine for this procedure

to connect (e.g. circuits) by a patch cord

patcher noun