音标:['pætʃwә:k] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 拼缝物, 拼凑物
n. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
n. a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
n. sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern
词型变化:名词复数形式 : patchworks
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patchwork的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. She patched new cloth to the old coat, so it seemed mere patchwork.她把新布初到那件旧上衣上,所以那件衣服看上去就像拼凑起来的东西。
  2. This is not plagiarism but just a patchwork of quotations.这不是剽窃,这只是拼凑出来的。
  3. The result is a patchwork landscape.其结果就是拼缝布一样杂驳的风景。
  4. The city is a huge patchwork of realities.城市是个巨大的东拼西凑的现实。

词汇搭配

  • feather patchwork羽毛画

经典引文

  • Crane's stories..were an impenetrable patchwork of truth and fantasy.

    出自:M. Seymour
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