6VERB 补缀;修补 If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole. 补缀;修补
He and Walker patched the barn roof. [VERB noun]
他和沃克补好了谷仓顶。
One of the mechanics took off the damaged tyre, and took it back to the station to be patched. [VERB noun]
其中一个机修工卸下坏轮胎,把它带回维修站修补。
...their patched clothes. [VERB-ed]
他们打着补丁的衣服
7N-COUNT 补丁 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. 补丁 [computing]
Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.
老些的机器需要下载软件补丁来修改日期。
8PHRASE 一段艰难时期 If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. 一段艰难时期 [mainly British]
His marriage was going through a bad patch.
他的婚姻当时麻烦不断。
The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司经历了一段困难时期。
9PHRASE 比不上;远不及 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;远不及 [British, informal]