一、詳細(xì)釋義：

n.

補(bǔ)丁，補(bǔ)片；貼片 [C]

例句：

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

這孩子的褲子在膝蓋處有一塊補(bǔ)釘。

例句：

Give me the jackets with patches on the elbows.

給我肘部打著補(bǔ)丁的夾克。

（護(hù)傷用的）膏藥；裹傷布；（保護(hù)病傷眼睛用的）眼罩 [C]

例句：

He wears a black patch over his right eye.

他右眼上戴著黑色的眼罩。

例句：

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

她去了醫(yī)院，發(fā)現(xiàn)他躺著，一只眼睛戴著眼罩。

（顏色等與周圍不同的）斑駁，斑點(diǎn) [C]

例句：

The flowers made white patches against the grass.

綠色草地上點(diǎn)綴著簇簇白花。

小塊土地 [C]

例句：

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

在某些主要農(nóng)產(chǎn)品的種植上，大農(nóng)場上的伙役奴隸開始攆走了耕種小塊土地的農(nóng)奴勞動者。

例句：

The little vegetable patch in her backyard.

她家后院中的一小塊菜地。

【主英】期間，一段時間 [C]

例句：

The company I work for went through a rough patch.

我所在的公司經(jīng)歷了一段困難時期。

例句：

His marriage was going through a bad patch.

他的婚姻當(dāng)時麻煩不斷。

【英】警察巡邏區(qū)；管轄區(qū) [C]

例句：

He knows every house in his patch.

他熟悉自己管轄區(qū)中每所房子。

v.

修補(bǔ)；拼湊，匆匆制成（常與up和together連用） [T]

例句：

The wrecked bicycle was patched up and resold.

撞壞的自行車草草地修了一下就賣掉了。

例句：

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

用多次釘過釘而不結(jié)實(shí)的木板修補(bǔ)屋頂是不合適的。

暫時解決（分歧，爭端等）[T]

例句：

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

我們決定消除分歧，重歸于好。

例句：

He tried to patch up their quarrel.

他試圖平息他們之間的爭吵。

二、詞義辨析：

mend,repair,patch,fix

這些動詞均含“修理，修復(fù)”之意。 mend通常指較簡單的修復(fù)過程，一般不需要專門技術(shù)或特殊工具。 repair可與mend換用，但一般指需要較高的職業(yè)技能和使用較復(fù)雜的工具進(jìn)行修理。 patch通常指用類似材料修補(bǔ)破洞、裂縫或磨損的地方。 fix多用于美語，僅用于指帶有安裝固定性質(zhì)的修理。

三、相關(guān)短語：

patch pocket

n. 貼袋

patch up

修補(bǔ),補(bǔ)上補(bǔ)丁;平息,排解糾紛,言歸于好;結(jié)束,制止

shoulder patch

n. 臂章

patch test

斑片試驗(yàn)，斑試驗(yàn)，皮膚接觸試驗(yàn)

四、參考例句：

He tried to patch up their quarrel.

他試圖平息他們之間的爭吵。

We can patch up those holes.

我們可以修補(bǔ)這些破洞。

The little vegetable patch in her backyard.

她家后院中的一小塊菜地。

It's a bit of patch work.

像塊“補(bǔ)丁”。

He bought a patch of fertile land.

他買了一塊肥沃的土地。

There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

教堂的后面有一塊荒地。

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

這孩子的褲子在膝蓋處有一塊補(bǔ)釘。

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

這孩子的褲子膝蓋上需要打個補(bǔ)丁。

He would indeed seek to patch things up.

他一定會設(shè)法把事情加以補(bǔ)救。

He wears a black patch over his right eye.

他右眼上戴著黑色的眼罩。