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

patch¹ /pach/

noun

A piece put on or to be put on to mend a defect

A dressing, esp a plaster for a cut or sore

A pad for an injured eye

A piece of adhesive material impregnated with a medicinal drug and put on the skin so that the drug can be gradually absorbed (medicine)

A cloth badge sewn onto a garment

A piece of ground or plot of land

An area or district, etc regularly visited, patrolled or traded in, etc

An overlay to obtain a stronger impression (printing)

A small piece of black silk, etc, stuck by ladies on the face to bring out the complexion by contrast, common in the 17c and 18c

A similar piece of fabric worn as a political party badge

An imitation beauty spot

A smallish area differing in colour or otherwise from its surroundings

A period of time

A scrap or fragment

A scrap pieced together with others

A group of instructions added to a computer program to correct a mistake (computing)

transitive verb

To mend with a patch

To put a patch on

To apply as a patch

To join in patchwork

To mend or construct hastily, clumsily, or temporarily (commonly with up or together)

To resolve (an argument), settle (differences), sometimes only temporarily (usu with up)

To construct as a patchwork

To mark with patches

To connect (a telephone call) using a patchboard (with through), to put through

ORIGIN: ME pacche; origin unknown; poss connected with piece

patchˈable adjective

patched adjective

patchˈer noun

patchˈily adverb

patchˈing noun and adjective

patchˈy adjective

Covered with patches

Diversified in patches

Inharmonious, incongruous, irregular

Incomplete

patchˈboard noun (telecommunications, etc)

A panel with multiple electric terminals into which wires may be plugged to form a variety of electric circuits

patch box noun

A fancy box for holding the patches worn on the face, generally having a mirror inside the lid

patch pocket noun

A simple pocket consisting of a piece of material sewn on all but one side onto the outside of a garment

patch test noun

A test for allergy in which allergenic substances are applied to areas of skin which are later examined for signs of irritation

patch-upˈ noun

A provisional repairing

patchˈwork noun

Needlework formed of patches or pieces sewed together
An incongruous combination
Work patched up or clumsily executed
A surface diversified in patches

patchwork quilt noun

A bedcover which may or may not be quilted, one side of which is made up of patchwork

hit or strike a bad patch

To experience a difficult time, to encounter unfavourable conditions, etc

not a patch on

Not fit to be compared with

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