Patchwork



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 缝缀而成的衣物或工艺品
• ［英］ 缝缀布片, 补缀的手工 ( sewn work made by joining together a number of pieces of cloth of different colors, patterns, and shapes)
• ［记］ patch（补丁）+work（作品）

Webster Collegiate

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• Usage: often attributive
• Date: 1692
• 1. something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts ; hodgepodge
• 2. pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewn together to form a covering; also something resembling such a covering <a patchwork of fields>

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