patch: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 material over a hole
VERB + PATCH
▪ have
▪ Her jeans have patches all over them.
▪ sew on/onto
▪ She wore a jacket with bright patches sewn onto it.
PREPOSITION
▪ patch on
▪ dancers with patches on their costumes
2 part of a surface that is different
ADJECTIVE
▪ irregular
▪ clear, coloured/colored, dark
▪ damp, wet
▪ dry
▪ sweat
▪ icy
▪ icy patches on the roads
▪ bald
▪ He has a small bald patch on the crown of his head.
▪ rough
PREPOSITION
▪ in patches
▪ The velvet curtains were faded in patches.
▪ patch of
▪ There were some patches of clear blue sky.
▪ patch on
▪ A large damp patch had appeared on the ceiling.
PHRASES
▪ a patch of colour/color
▪ Flowers provide bright patches of colour/color.
3 piece of land
ADJECTIVE
▪ isolated
▪ an isolated patch of forest
▪ grassy
▪ bare
▪ berry (AmE), cabbage, potato, pumpkin (esp.AmE), strawberry, vegetable
▪ briar (often figurative, esp. AmE)
▪ The track passes through dense weeds and briar patches.
▪ This led Nixon into a political briar patch (= painful situation difficult to escape).
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the patch
▪ I spent Sunday working in my vegetable patch.
▪ on a/the patch
▪ located on a small patch of flat ground
PREPOSITION
▪ patch of
▪ We found a nice patch of grass to sit on.
4 (informal) period of time
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad, difficult, rocky, rough, soft (BrE), sticky (BrE)
▪ purple (BrE)
▪ The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.
VERB + PATCH
▪ go through, have, hit
▪ Their business hit a sticky patch last year.
PREPOSITION
▪ patch of (esp. BrE)
▪ I was going through a patch of poor health.
5 (AmE) piece of material sewn onto clothes or uniform
VERB + PATCH
▪ sport, wear
▪ He wears a patch from his employer, Verizon.
▪ sew on, stitch on
▪ It has a UPS patch sewn on the right shoulder.
PREPOSITION
▪ patch on
▪ Students were wearing American flag patches on their sleeves.
6 solution to a computing problem
ADJECTIVE
▪ security
VERB + PATCH
▪ apply, deploy
▪ download, install
▪ issue, release
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
Patch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑hole