詞彙精選：patch的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
補丁，補片；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釘。
例句：
Give me the jackets with patches on the elbows.
給我肘部打着補丁的夾克。
（護傷用的）膏藥；裹傷布；（保護病傷眼睛用的）眼罩 [C]
例句：
He wears a black patch over his right eye.
他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩。
例句：
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
她去了醫院，發現他躺着，一隻眼睛戴着眼罩。
（顏色等與周圍不同的）斑駁，斑點 [C]
例句：
The flowers made white patches against the grass.
綠色草地上點綴着簇簇白花。
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.
在某些主要農產品的種植上，大農場上的夥役奴隸開始攆走了耕種小塊土地的農奴勞動者。
例句：
The little vegetable patch in her backyard.
她家後院中的一小塊菜地。
【主英】期間，一段時間 [C]
例句：
The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司經歷了一段困難時期。
例句：
His marriage was going through a bad patch.
他的婚姻當時麻煩不斷。
【英】警察巡邏區；管轄區 [C]
例句：
He knows every house in his patch.
他熟悉自己管轄區中每所房子。
v.
修補；拼湊，匆匆製成（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實的木板修補屋頂是不合適的。
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，重歸於好。
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”之意。mend通常指較簡單的修復過程，一般不需要專門技術或特殊工具。repair可與mend換用，但一般指需要較高的職業技能和使用較複雜的工具進行修理。patch通常指用類似材料修補破洞、裂縫或磨損的地方。fix多用於美語，僅用於指帶有安裝固定性質的修理。
三、相關短語：
patch pocket
n. 貼袋
patch up
修補,補上補丁;平息,排解糾紛,言歸於好;結束,制止
shoulder patch
n. 臂章
patch test
斑片試驗，斑試驗，皮膚接觸試驗
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.
我們可以修補這些破洞。
The little vegetable patch in her backyard.
她家後院中的一小塊菜地。
It's a bit of patch work.
像塊“補丁”。
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.
教堂的後面有一塊荒地。
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丁。
He would indeed seek to patch things up.
他一定會設法把事情加以補救。
He wears a black patch over his right eye.
他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩。
