Patchwork
['pætʃwɜːk] or ['pætʃ'wɝk]
解释:
(noun.) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern.
(noun.) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
(noun.) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
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解释:
(n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.
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例句:
- When, as in Macedonia, populations are mixed in a patchwork of villages and districts, the cantonal system is imperatively needed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The walls were whitewashed as white as milk, and the patchwork counterpane made my eyes quite ache with its brightness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- But this imperfectly taught woman, whose phrases and habits were an odd patchwork, had a loyal spirit within her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- While she is gone, the surgeon abandons his hopeless investigation and covers its subject with the patchwork counterpane. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Sometimes all India was a patchwork quilt of states; sometimes such empires as that of the Guptas prevailed over great areas. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Mr. Cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a Harlequin at home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- To Hannah I give the bandbox she wanted and all the patchwork I leave hoping she 'will remember me, when it you see'. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Certain keys were hanging on the wall, to which he now added the gate key; and his patchwork-covered bed was in a little inner division or recess. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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