6VERB 補綴;修補 If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole. 補綴;修補
He and Walker patched the barn roof. [VERB noun]
他和沃克補好了谷倉頂。
One of the mechanics took off the damaged tyre, and took it back to the station to be patched. [VERB noun]
其中一個機修工卸下壞輪胎,把它帶回維修站修補。
...their patched clothes. [VERB-ed]
他們打着補丁的衣服
7N-COUNT 補丁 A patch is a piece of computer program code written as a temporary solution for dealing with a virus in computer software and distributed by the makers of the original program. 補丁 [computing]
Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.
老些的機器需要下載軟件補丁來修改日期。
8PHRASE 一段艱難時期 If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. 一段艱難時期 [mainly British]
His marriage was going through a bad patch.
他的婚姻當時麻煩不斷。
The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司經歷了一段困難時期。
9PHRASE 比不上;遠不及 If you say that someone or something is not a patch on another person or thing, you mean that they are not as good as that person or thing. 比不上;遠不及 [British, informal]