| 单词 | pattern |
| 释义 | pattern —patternable, adj. —patterned, adj. —patterner, n. —patternless, adj. —patternlike, adj. —patterny, adj. /pat"euhrn/; Brit. /pat"n/, n. 1. a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc. 2. decoration or ornament having such a design. 3. a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design: patterns of frost on the window. 4. a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet. 5. a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement: the behavior patterns of teenagers. 6. an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation: Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics. 7. anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made: a paper pattern for a dress. 8. a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment. 9. the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land. 10. a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern. 11. Metall. a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold. 12. Numis. a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue. 13. an example, instance, sample, or specimen. 14. Gunnery , Aerial Bombing. a. the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped. b. a diagram showing such distribution. v.t. 15. to make or fashion after or according to a pattern. 16. to cover or mark with a pattern. 17. Chiefly Brit. Dial. a. to imitate. b. to attempt to match or duplicate. v.i. 18. to make or fall into a pattern. [1325-75; ME patron < ML patronus model, special use of L patronus PATRON] Syn. 1. figure. 4. kind, sort. 6. example, exemplar. |
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