patchwork

英 [ˈpætʃwɜːk]

美 [ˈpætʃwɜːrk]

n.  (不同图案杂色布块的)拼缝物; 拼布工艺; 拼凑之物

复数：patchworks　

Collins.1 / BNC.13889 / COCA.12752

牛津词典

noun

• （不同图案杂色布块的）拼缝物；拼布工艺
  a type of needlework in which small pieces of cloth of different colours or designs are sewn together
  1. a patchwork quilt
     拼布绗缝盖被
• 拼凑之物
  a thing that is made up of many different pieces or parts
  1. a patchwork of different styles and cultures
     不同风格和文化的拼合
  2. From the plane, the landscape was just a patchwork of fields.
     从飞机上俯瞰，满目是田园交错的景色。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 拼缀的；拼缝的
  Apatchworkquilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns.
  1. ...beds covered in patchwork quilts.
     盖着百衲被的床
  2. Patchworkis also a noun.
     
  3. 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。
• N-SING 拼凑物；混杂物
  If you refer to something as apatchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours.
  1. The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.
     低矮的群山上，绿色和棕色混杂着。
  2. ...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

英英释义

noun

• sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
• a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
  Synonym:patchwork quilt
• a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
  Synonym:hodgepodgejumble

双语例句

• But convincing research teams that this patchwork process is plagiarism can be a difficult task for editors.
  但是令人信服的科学研究小组用这种方式进行剽窃对于编辑们来说，是一个棘手的事。
• Bibs, feeders, patchwork quilts and even wall hangings are other methods of recycling old clothes.
  围嘴、奶瓶、小块布缝缀的被罩，甚至是墙壁上的帘布，这些都是重复利用旧衣服的方法。
• Embroidery and patchwork quilts made by women.
  妇女做的绣花百衲被。
• The result is a patchwork mosaic of bone without an even lamellar structure.
  结果形成了不均一的板层结构的骨的不协调嵌合体。
• Miley, 20, let her husband-to-be take centre stage but still looked lovely in a patchwork dress.
  20岁的麦莉把舞台中心让给了准丈夫，但身穿拼接裙的她看起来依然可爱动人。
• Hamid and Khadeja need this patchwork portfolio in order to manage the daily gap between income and spending.
  为了管理日常收支缺口，哈米德和哈德娅需要这种东拼西凑的组合。
• In the design, designers use more traditional hollowing, carving technology, also used such means as modern patchwork.
  在设计上，设计师较多运用传统的镂空、雕刻技术，又采用了现代拼凑等手法。
• The US and its allies had left behind a country run by a patchwork of more or less co-operative warlords.
  美国及其盟友留下了一个军阀割据的国家，这些军阀多多少少采取合作态度。
• Agencies with overlapping jurisdictions enforce and businesses and investors do their best to interpret a patchwork of laws.
  权限重叠的机构执行着一些拼凑而成的法律，而公司和投资者则尽最大努力去解读这些法律。
• He patched new cloth to the old coat until it seemed mere patchwork.
  他将新布补缀在旧大衣上，直到这件大衣看起来像拼凑之物。