Patch

(noun.) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.

(noun.) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.

(verb.) mend by putting a patch on; 'patch a hole'.

(verb.) to join or unite the pieces of; 'patch the skirt'.

(verb.) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; 'The field was patched with snow'.

录入:米尔顿

• As he came out into the glimmering patch of light, we saw that he carried something white under his arm. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Tarzan came quietly above the unsuspecting beast and silently stalked him until he came into a little patch of moonlight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• How far the patch he cultivated was his own was never very clear to him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Some of it will do to patch up the Hall when I'm gone. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And a society like ours wastes such good material in producing its little patch of purple! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The man must value the pipe highly when he prefers to patch it up rather than buy a new one with the same money. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Before me was a small patch of moonlit sky which showed through a ragged aperture. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Patches of nasty ooze floated, yellow-white, on the dead surface of the water. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over the brow. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Here and there they were broken with streaks and patches of dusky red, green, and occasional areas of white quartz. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In the faded wallpaper were dark patches where furniture had stood, where pictures had hung. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men's dispositions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Among other remote and isolated little patches of language are the Papuan speech of New Guinea and the native Australian. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We are dealing, the reader must bear in mind, with little disconnected patches of material, a few score all together. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Who can care a straw, really, how the old patched-up Constitution is tinkered at any more? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Here and there polished surfaces of ruby, emerald, and diamond patched the golden walls and ceiling. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He wore no mask; but his face, though curiously patched and painted, was easily known. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Holmes struck a match and held it to the back wheel, and I heard him chuckle as the light fell upon a patched Dunlop tire. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She bent to look at the patched punt. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I know it all; that the young man's marrying her was a patched-up business, at the expence of your father and uncles. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Be sure the patch and the article to be patched are perfectly dry before applying the cement. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Ham had been patching up a great pair of waterboots; and I, with little Em'ly by my side, had been reading to them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Paul Boyton, the famous aquatic voyager in his rubber suit, has furnished us two practical suggestions in regard to patching rubber boots, coats, etc. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

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