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单词 patchwork
释义 patchwork
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Usage: often attributive
1.
 a. : something composed of ill-assorted, miscellaneous, or incongruous parts : hodgepodge, jumble
  < a patchwork of four languages laced with gestures and laughter — Claudia Cassidy >
  < had finished our patchwork lunch — Gladys B. Stern >
  < a patchwork report >
 b. : work performed in random or unsystematic fashion or confined to patching up
  < desegregation has been a patchwork in Kentucky — J.B.Martin >
  < argued … that economic reform by patchwork is illogical and timid — F.L.Allen >
  < patchwork efforts >
2. : pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewed together usually in a pattern to form a covering (as for a bed)
 < a patchwork quilt >
 < a counterpane of silk patchwork >
patchworked \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
[patchwork 2]
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