/pætʃ; pætʃ/
n
1 piece of material placed over a hole or a damaged or worn place to cover or strengthen it 补丁; 补片; 补块
*a jacket with leather patches on the elbows 肘部有皮补丁的外套
* She sewed a patch onto the knee of the trousers. 她在裤子的膝部打了个补丁.
* a patch on the inner tube of a tyre 车轮内胎上的补丁.
2 pad worn over an injured eye to protect it （保护受伤的眼睛的）眼罩
*He wears a black patch over his right eye. 他右眼上戴着黑色的眼罩.
3 part of a surface that is different in colour, texture, etc from the surrounding area （与周围颜色、材料等不同的）斑, 块
*a black dog with a white patch on its neck 脖子上有块白斑的黑狗
* a worn patch on the elbow of a sweater 毛衣肘部的磨损处
* damp patches on a wall 墙上一块块的潮斑.
4 ~ (of sth) small area of sth 小块; 小片
*patches of fog, ice, sunlight 片片的雾、块块的冰、斑斑的阳光
* patches of blue in a cloudy sky 云海中露出的几块蓝天
* The ground is wet in patches. 地上湿处片片.
5 small piece of land, esp one used for growing vegetables 小块土地（尤指种菜用的）
*a `cabbage, an `onion, a po`tato, etc patch 洋白菜、洋葱、马铃薯等菜地.
6 (Brit infml 口) area in which sb (esp a policeman) works or which he knows well 地区, 地段（尤指警察巡视的）
*He knows every house in his patch. 他熟悉自己管辖区中每所房子.
7 (idm 习语) (go through, hit, strike, etc) a bad `patch (be in, reach, etc) a particularly difficult or unhappy period of time （处于、遭遇等）困难、不幸或倒霉的时期
*Their marriage has been going through a bad patch. 他们的婚姻正处在困难时期.
* Our firm has just struck a bad patch. 我公司刚遭厄运. not be a patch on sb/sth (infml 口) not be nearly as good as sb/sth 远不如某人[某事物]
*Her latest novel isn't a patch on her others. 她这部新小说比以前所写的差得远.

/pætʃ; pætʃ/
v
1 (a) [Tn] cover (a hole or a worn place) with a patch 在（有洞或磨损处）打补丁
*patch a hole in a pair of trousers 在裤子上的洞上打补丁.
(b) [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) mend (a garment) by covering a hole or worn place with a patch 补（衣服）
*patch up an old pair of jeans 补一条旧牛仔裤
* The elbows of your jersey are worn I'll need to patch them. 你的套头毛衣的肘部磨坏了--我得给补一补.
2 [Tn] (of material) be used as a patch for (sth) （指材料）被用作（某物）的补丁、补片.
3 (phr v) patch sth up
(a) repair sth, esp quickly or temporarily 修理某物; （尤指）迅速或临时修补
*The wrecked car was patched up and resold. 撞坏的汽车草草修理一下就卖掉了.
(b) settle or resolve (a quarrel, dispute, etc) 调停, 解决（纷争、争执等）
*They patched up their differences. 他们解决了彼此间的分歧.