1. | 色斑；斑点；（与周围不同的）小块，小片a small area of sth, especially one which is different from the area around it |
a black dog with a white patch on its back 背上有一块白斑的黑狗 | |
a bald patch on the top of his head 他头顶的秃块 | |
damp patches on the wall 墙上的片片湿渍 | |
patches of dense fog 团团浓雾 |
2. | 补丁；补块a small piece of material that is used to cover a hole in sth or to make a weak area stronger, or as decoration |
I sewed patches on the knees of my jeans. 我在我的牛仔裤膝部打了补丁。 |
3. | 眼罩a piece of material that you wear over an eye, usually because the eye is damaged |
He had a black patch over one eye. 他一只眼戴着黑眼罩。 |
4. | （制服上的）标记，标识a piece of material that you sew onto clothes as part of a uniform |
5. | 戒烟贴片a piece of material that people can wear on their skin to help them to stop smoking |
nicotine patches 尼古丁戒烟贴片 |
6. | 小块土地；（尤指）菜地，果园a small piece of land, especially one used for growing vegetables or fruit |
a vegetable patch 一块菜地 |
7. | (informal) 工作地；熟悉的地区；家乡an area that sb works in, knows well or comes from |
He knows every house in his patch. 他熟悉他那地区的每一座房子。 | |
She has had a lot of success in her home patch . 她在自己的家乡地区真是成绩斐然。 |
8. | (informal) 一段（艰难）岁月；一段（痛苦）日子a period of time of the type mentioned, usually a difficult or unhappy one |
to go through a bad/difficult/sticky patch 经历艰难╱困难╱不幸的时期 |
9. | 修补（程序）；补丁a small piece of code(= instructions that a computer can understand) which can be added to a computer program to improve it or to correct a fault |
Follow the instructions below to download and install the patch. 按照下面的说明下载并安装修补程序。 |
