单词 | patched |
释义 | patchedadj. 1. Mended with patches; composed or made of patches as in patchwork; repaired or put together hastily, clumsily, or in a makeshift manner. Also figurative. Now frequently with together, up. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing patched clothing patched1447 bepatched1846 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restored > in a makeshift manner patched1447 pieced1542 the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > exhibiting variety in appearance > irregular in appearance patched1447 shredden1581 patchy1583 of shreds (and patches)1604 patchwork1634 patched work1716 desultory1842 unpatterned1842 patchworky1845 patchworked1873 splashy1880 spotty1881 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > mended or repaired > clumsily patched1447 bodging1565 beggar-patched1658 nigger-rigged1965 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > mended or repaired > with patches cloutedc1000 patched1447 bepatched1605 vamped1714 the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed > patched together yclouted1377 patched1764 cobbled1798 1447 Indenture in H. Anstey Munimenta Academica Oxf. (1868) II. 565 (MED) Item, 1 olde whyte materes patched, pris ii d. 1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxiii In dede for very voluntary pouerte..she had broken patchyd sleuys. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 27 With it..the patchedest Leather piltche laboratho may dine like a Spanish Duke. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 205 Three hundred inhabitants..dwell here and there in the patcht-vp ruines. 1694 J. Collier Misc. iii. 17 How patched and ununiform does it make the Figure of some Families? 1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 152 When he..heard my patched up story. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xxxix. 38 Let us have peace,..but let it be honourable, let it be secure. A patched up peace will not do. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxvi. 450 Away went the patched woolen trousers which had stood the tug of Cape Horn. 1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. Our old patched sails overhead were as round as the brig's bows. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through iii. i. 385 It was the queer halting telling of a patched-together tale. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxii. 249 A more or less successfully patched-up personality. 2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names ii. 19 His patched jeans betraying fashionably leftish sympathies. 2. Decorated or marked with patches. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [adjective] > wearing ornamental spots or patches patched1667 bepatched1719 1667 S. Pepys Diary 1 May (1974) VIII. 196 Pegg Penn..with only her husband's pretty sister with her, both patched and very fine. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 202 Her face was primed and patched from the chin up to the eyes. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1401 The great Dane is rather pied or patched than spotted. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! ix A painted, patched, fucused, periwigged, bolstered,..Lamia! 1965 J. A. Serra Mod. Genetics I. iv. 109 The yellow-black pair of alleles in cats producing..patched black and yellow or ‘tortoise-shell’ females. 1994 Dog World June 52/2 Harlequin: Patched or pied coloration usually black or gray on white. Compounds patched work n. now U.S. = patchwork n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > exhibiting variety in appearance > irregular in appearance patched1447 shredden1581 patchy1583 of shreds (and patches)1604 patchwork1634 patched work1716 desultory1842 unpatterned1842 patchworky1845 patchworked1873 splashy1880 spotty1881 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 51 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Such Bitts and Scraps of patcht Work-Citations. 1720 E. Lloyd tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia II. xvii. 306 The Taylors..make carpets, cushions..and all of it so neatly sowed, that you would think the figures are Painted, tho' tis all of it but Patch'd-Work. 1926 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 25 Feb. 6/1 Patched work quilt..knitted center piece..set of three doilies. 1993 Newsday (Nexis) 9 May 26 This passion for patched works is expected to draw some 25,000 visitors to this year's Great American Quilt Festival. 2002 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 11 Apr. 9 The largest of the six memorial tributes made of patched-work cloth will be the victim's quilt. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adverb] > in manner of patch patchedly1549 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Gal. v. f. xviv Nor can he beare with to haue..olde clothe be patchedlye sowed into a newe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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