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 patch·work /ˈpæʧˌwɚ/
 拼湊物

 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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 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