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patch·work
/ˈpæʧˌwɚ/
拼湊物
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Patch·work
n.
Work
composed
of
pieces
sewed
together
,
esp
.
pieces
of
various
colors
and
figures
;
hence
,
anything
put
together
of
incongruous
or
ill-adapted
parts
;
something
irregularly
or
clumsily
composed
;
a
thing
patched
up
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
patchwork
n
1:
a
theory
or
argument
made
up
of
miscellaneous
or
incongruous
ideas
[
syn
:
hodgepodge
,
jumble
]
2:
a
quilt
made
by
sew
patches
of
different
materials
together
[
syn
:
patchwork quilt
]
3:
sewing
consisting
of
pieces
of
different
materials
sewn
together
in
a
pattern
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