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patchwork

/pach-wurk/US // ˈpætʃˌwɜrk //UK // (ˈpætʃˌwɜːk) //

拼接,拼布,拼缝,拼凑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
    • : work made of pieces of cloth or leather of various colors or shapes sewed together, used especially for covering quilts, cushions, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling a patchwork, especially in being makeshift, irregular, or improvised: a patchwork policy of dispensing foreign aid.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make as patchwork: She specializes in patchworking skirts.
    • : to assemble or connect in making patchwork: to patchwork neckties into bedspreads.

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Examples

  • Rather than those little multihued flakes, the snack version is formed into a wafer that looks like a colorful patchwork quilt.

  • The Buccaneers’ pass rush is creating problems for the Chiefs’ patchwork offensive line, to no one’s surprise.

  • Making it harder is a chaotic, patchwork system for getting shots in arms.

  • The court’s refusal to hear the case leaves a murky patchwork of laws making it easier for us to buy wines online from wineries than from retailers.

  • That allowed the rising sun to pour its rays into the sky unobstructed from the east, the sunlight then catching on the patchwork of upper-level clouds.

  • The lab opened the door to a patchwork of grants from around the world which allowed Lavie to begin auditioning actresses.

  • We have a patchwork system in which some people are covered, and others wait and wait.

  • A patchwork of building shells and cratered streets, the city tells of a cyclical war, still smoldering.

  • Petite a-frame suede mini-skirts featured patchwork pockets or cut-out patterns on leather.

  • Other parents use a patchwork of care with a different plan in place every day.

  • This patchwork way of constructing engines made success much more difficult.

  • What do you suppose my friend the Patchwork Girl would think of me, if she saw me wearing this beastly shape?

  • Worn-out clothes were returned to the vlicus to be made up into patchwork quilts.

  • Minnie was placed in Mrs. Thimbleby's own high-backed chair, with the clean patchwork-covered cushions piled behind her.

  • Envelopes, notes, the Baltimore Sun, and other papers were strewn thick over the silk patchwork quilt.