transcription, транскрипция: [ pætʃ ]
( patches, patching, patched)
1.
A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it.
...the bald patch on the top of his head...
There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
2.
A patch of land is a small area of land where a particular plant or crop grows.
...a patch of land covered in forest.
...the little vegetable patch in her backyard.
N-COUNT : with supp , oft N of n
3.
A patch is a piece of material which you use to cover a hole in something.
...jackets with patches on the elbows.
N-COUNT
4.
A patch is a small piece of material which you wear to cover an injured eye.
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
N-COUNT
see also eye patch
5.
If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole.
He and Walker patched the barn roof...
...their patched clothes.
VERB : V n , V-ed
6.
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. ( COMPUTING )
Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.
N-COUNT
7.
If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch , you have a lot of problems for a time. ( mainly BRIT )
His marriage was going through a bad patch...
PHRASE : N inflects
8.
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. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
Handsome, she thought, but not a patch on Alex.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR n