Tra từ patch - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

patch [patch patches patched patching] noun, verb BrE [pætʃ] NAmE [pætʃ]
noun

SMALL AREA
1. a small area of sth, especially one which is different from the area around it
•a black dog with a white patch on its back
•a bald patch on the top of his head
•damp patches on the wall
•patches of dense fog
•We sat in a patch of shade under a tree.

PIECE OF MATERIAL
2. a small piece of material that is used to cover a hole in sth or to make a weak area stronger, or as decoration
•I sewed patches on the knees of my jeans.
3. a piece of material that you wear over an eye, usually because the eye is damaged
•He had a black patch over one eye.
see also ↑eyepatch
4. (NAmE) (BrE badge)a piece of material that you sew onto clothes as part of a uniform
5. a piece of material that people can wear on their skin to help them to stop smoking
•nicotine patches

PIECE/AREA OF LAND
6. a small piece of land, especially one used for growing vegetables or fruit
•a vegetable patch
7. (BrE, informal)an area that sb works in, knows well or comes from
•He knows every house in his patch.
•She has had a lot of success in her home patch.

DIFFICULT TIME
8. (informal, especially BrE)a period of time of the type mentioned, usually a difficult or unhappy one
•to go through a bad/difficult/sticky patch
see also ↑purple patch

IN COMPUTING
9. a small piece of code (= instructions that a computer can understand) which can be added to a computer program to improve it or to correct a fault
•Follow the instructions below to download and install the patch.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French pieche, dialect variant of piece ‘piece’.

Thesaurus:
patch noun C
•There were damp patches on the wall.
mark • • spot • • dot •
a patch/mark/spot/dot on sth
with patches/marks/spots/dots

Synonyms:
patch
dot • mark • spot
These are all words for a small part on a surface that is a different colour from the rest.
patch • an area of sth, especially one which is different from the area around it: ▪ a white dog with a black patch on its head ◇ ▪ patches of dense fog
dot • a small round mark on sth, especially one that is printed: ▪ The letters ‘i’ and ‘j’ have dots over them. ◇ ▪ The island is a small green dot on the map.
mark • a noticeable area of colour on the body of a person or animal: ▪ The horse had a white mark on its head.
spot • a small round area that is a different colour or feels different from the surface it is on: ▪ Which has spots, a leopard or a tiger?
a patch/dot/mark/spot on sth
with patches/dots/marks/spots
a blue/black/red, etc. patch/dot/mark/spot

Example Bank:
•Flowers provide bright patches of colour/color.
•He has a small bald patch on the crown of his head.
•He wears a patch from his employer, Verizon.
•Her jeans have patches all over them.
•I spent Sunday working in my vegetable patch.
•I was going through a patch of poor health.
•It has a UPS patch sewn on the right shoulder.
•She wore a jacket with bright patches sewn onto it.
•Students were wearing American flag patches on their sleeves.
•The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.
•The track passes through dense weeds and briar patches.
•The velvet curtains were faded in patches.
•Their business hit a sticky patch last year.
•There were some patches of clear blue sky.
•This led Nixon into a political briar patch= painful situation difficult to escape.
•We found a nice patch of grass to sit on.
•an isolated patch of forest
•dancers with patches on their costumes
•flowers providing little bright patches of colour around the garden
•icy patches on the roads
•located on a small patch of flat ground
•working in his vegetable patch
•She has had a lot of success in her home patch.
•The team has been through a rough patch recently.
•There were damp patches on the wall.
•We did have a patch of bad luck, but we're through it now.
•We had a strawberry patch beside the greenhouse.
•a white dog with a black patch on its back
Idiom: ↑not a patch on somebody
Derived: ↑patch somebody through ▪ ↑patch somebody up ▪ ↑patch something together

verb ~ sth (with sth)
to cover a hole or a worn place, especially in clothes, with a piece of cloth or other material
Syn: ↑mend
•patched jeans
•to patch a hole in the roof
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French pieche, dialect variant of piece ‘piece’.

Example Bank:
•Richard and Liz are trying to patch things up between them.
•Sarah's managed to patch up her differences with her boss.
•He was wearing patched jeans.
•We need to patch that hole in the roof.

See also: ↑badge