一、详细释义：


n.

补丁，补片；贴片 [C]


例句：

The child's jeans had a patch at the knee.

这孩子的裤子在膝盖处有一块补钉。


例句：

Give me the jackets with patches on the elbows.

给我肘部打着补丁的夹克。


（护伤用的）膏药；裹伤布；（保护病伤眼睛用的）眼罩 [C]


例句：

He wears a black patch over his right eye.

他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩。


例句：

She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.

她去了医院，发现他躺着，一只眼睛戴着眼罩。


（颜色等与周围不同的）斑驳，斑点 [C]


例句：

The flowers made white patches against the grass.

绿色草地上点缀着簇簇白花。


小块土地 [C]


例句：

Plantation gangs began to oust the patch cultivation of the labourer serf in the case of some staple products.

在某些主要农产品的种植上，大农场上的伙役奴隶开始撵走了耕种小块土地的农奴劳动者。


例句：

The little vegetable patch in her backyard.

她家后院中的一小块菜地。


【主英】期间，一段时间 [C]


例句：

The company I work for went through a rough patch.

我所在的公司经历了一段困难时期。


例句：

His marriage was going through a bad patch.

他的婚姻当时麻烦不断。


【英】警察巡逻区；管辖区 [C]


例句：

He knows every house in his patch.

他熟悉自己管辖区中每所房子。


v.

修补；拼凑，匆匆制成（常与up和together连用） [T]


例句：

The wrecked bicycle was patched up and resold.

撞坏的自行车草草地修了一下就卖掉了。


例句：

It' s not proper to patch the roof with nailsick boards.

用多次钉过钉而不结实的木板修补屋顶是不合适的。


暂时解决（分歧，争端等）[T]


例句：

We decided to patch up our differences and become friends again.

我们决定消除分歧，重归于好。


例句：

He tried to patch up their quarrel.

他试图平息他们之间的争吵。


二、词义辨析：


mend,repair,patch,fix

这些动词均含“修理，修复”之意。 mend通常指较简单的修复过程，一般不需要专门技术或特殊工具。 repair可与mend换用，但一般指需要较高的职业技能和使用较复杂的工具进行修理。 patch通常指用类似材料修补破洞、裂缝或磨损的地方。 fix多用于美语，仅用于指带有安装固定性质的修理。


三、相关短语：


patch pocket

n. 贴袋


patch up

修补,补上补丁;平息,排解纠纷,言归于好;结束,制止


shoulder patch

n. 臂章


patch test

斑片试验，斑试验，皮肤接触试验


四、参考例句：


He tried to patch up their quarrel.

他试图平息他们之间的争吵。


We can patch up those holes.

我们可以修补这些破洞。


The little vegetable patch in her backyard.

她家后院中的一小块菜地。


It's a bit of patch work.

像块“补丁”。


He bought a patch of fertile land.

他买了一块肥沃的土地。


There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

教堂的后面有一块荒地。


The child's jeans had a patch at the knee.

这孩子的裤子在膝盖处有一块补钉。


The boy's trousers need a patch on the knee.

这孩子的裤子膝盖上需要打个补丁。


He would indeed seek to patch things up.

他一定会设法把事情加以补救。


He wears a black patch over his right eye.

他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩。