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（表面上）與周圍不同的部分
A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it.
例句
...the bald patch on the top of his head...
他頭頂上的禿斑
There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds.
灰色的云團中透出一小片藍天。
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（種有某種植物或農作物的）小塊土地
A patch of land is a small area of land where a particular plant or crop grows.
例句
...a patch of land covered in forest.
一小塊林地
...the little vegetable patch in her backyard.
她家后院中的一小塊菜地
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補丁；補片
A patch is a piece of material which you use to cover a hole in something.
例句
...jackets with patches on the elbows.
肘部打著補丁的夾克
...trying to fix the flat tire by putting a patch on it.
想打上一塊補丁修好漏氣的輪胎
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（保護受傷眼睛的）眼罩
A patch is a small piece of material which you wear to cover an injured eye.
例句
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
她去了醫院，發現他躺著，一只眼睛戴著眼罩。
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補綴；修補
If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole.
例句
He and Walker patched the barn roof...
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.
其中一個機修工卸下壞輪胎，把它帶回維修站修補。
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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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
He's not a patch on the rest of the Cabinet...
他遠比不上內閣的其他成員。
Handsome, she thought, but not a patch on Alex.
是帥，她想，不過比亞歷克斯差遠了。