patchwork

noun

1. （不同图案杂色布块的）拼缝物；拼布工艺
   a type of needlework in which small pieces of cloth of different colours or designs are sewn together
   1. a patchwork quilt
      拼布绗缝盖被
2. 拼凑之物
   a thing that is made up of many different pieces or parts
   1. a patchwork of different styles and cultures
      不同风格和文化的拼合
   2. From the plane, the landscape was just a patchwork of fields.
      从飞机上俯瞰，满目是田园交错的景色。

1. ADJ 拼缀的；拼缝的
   A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns.
   1. ...beds covered in patchwork quilts.
      盖着百衲被的床
   2. Patchwork is also a noun.
      
   3. For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts.
      几个世纪以来，缝被子和做布拼一直是许多人都会做的针线活儿。
2. N-SING 拼凑物；混杂物
   If you refer to something as a patchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours.
   1. The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.
      低矮的群山上，绿色和棕色混杂着。
   2. ...this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities.
      这个复杂的共和国，各种文化、宗教和民族的混合体

1. There are several patchwork cushions to choose from
   有好几种拼布工艺靠垫可供选择。
2. The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.
   低矮的群山上，绿色和棕色混杂着。
3. Naksi Kantha, embroidered quilted patchwork cloth produced by the village women, is still familiar in villages and towns simultaneously.
   农村妇女制造的NaksiKantha是镶边、絮有棉花的拼凑布料，目前在农村和城镇仍然很多。
4. Even the old patchwork quilt is the same!
   甚至这条旧的百衲被罩也是一样！
5. This is, in essence, the art of making handmade patchwork quilts.
   本质上，是手工缝制棉被。
6. But certainly one of the key issues is that many banks have patchwork IT systems.
   但可以肯定的是，关键问题之一是很多银行用的是拼凑而成的IT系统。
7. Miley, 20, let her husband-to-be take centre stage but still looked lovely in a patchwork dress.
   20岁的麦莉把舞台中心让给了准丈夫，但身穿拼接裙的她看起来依然可爱动人。
8. Bibs, feeders, patchwork quilts and even wall hangings are other methods of recycling old clothes.
   围嘴、奶瓶、小块布缝缀的被罩，甚至是墙壁上的帘布，这些都是重复利用旧衣服的方法。
9. Underneath the surface, though, that patchwork still has some common threads.
   不过，在多元化的表面之下，这个万花筒里的图案仍然具有一些共同的线条。
10. But convincing research teams that this patchwork process is plagiarism can be a difficult task for editors.
    但是令人信服的科学研究小组用这种方式进行剽窃对于编辑们来说，是一个棘手的事。
11. For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
    我们知道我们拼缝而成的传统是优势而不是弱点。
12. But European Jewry is a patchwork quilt, where the bond with Israel depends greatly on local conditions.
    但欧洲犹太人犹如拼接的棉被一般，他们同以色列的结合非常依赖当地情况。
13. The result is that, from necessity, a new model is emerging with a patchwork quilt of activities in which smaller national and larger international oil companies must work together in new partnerships.
    结果是，从必要性出发，一个拼凑而成的新模式正在出现：规模较小的国有公司和规模较大的国际石油公司必须通过新的合伙企业进行合作。
14. The US and its allies had left behind a country run by a patchwork of more or less co-operative warlords.
    美国及其盟友留下了一个军阀割据的国家，这些军阀多多少少采取合作态度。
15. In the design, designers use more traditional hollowing, carving technology, also used such means as modern patchwork.
    在设计上，设计师较多运用传统的镂空、雕刻技术，又采用了现代拼凑等手法。
16. C opts for long strips of fabric as opposed to squares to create a striped patchwork effect.
    品牌选择带有长条纹的面料，同方形形成对照，营造出条纹拼接效果。
17. A patchwork quilt without a design.
    没有设计的、拼凑起来的被子。
18. He patched new cloth to the old coat until it seemed mere patchwork.
    他将新布补缀在旧大衣上，直到这件大衣看起来像拼凑之物。
19. He spoke of a united America being more than a patchwork of red and blue states.
    他认为，美国应团结为一体，而绝不仅仅是红蓝州的简单混合。
20. Wallpaper patchwork is not accurate, there is no tear phenomenon.
    墙纸拼缝是不准确、没有扯裂现象。
21. She exhibited one of her patchwork quilts at the local craft fair.
    她在当地的上艺品展览会上展示了一条百纳被。
22. This is not plagiarism but just a patchwork of quotations.
    这不是剽窃，这只是拼凑出来的。
23. Agencies with overlapping jurisdictions enforce and businesses and investors do their best to interpret a patchwork of laws.
    权限重叠的机构执行着一些拼凑而成的法律，而公司和投资者则尽最大努力去解读这些法律。
24. From the aircraft we could see a patchwork of field of different shapes and colors.
    从飞机上我门可以看到有各种不同形状和颜色田野所组成的杂凑拼盘。
25. There was another interesting version about Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva occupying land with his patchwork.
    在我国，还有一个地藏菩萨袈裟围地的有趣传说。
26. Hamid and Khadeja need this patchwork portfolio in order to manage the daily gap between income and spending.
    为了管理日常收支缺口，哈米德和哈德娅需要这种东拼西凑的组合。
27. Embroidery and patchwork quilts made by women.
    妇女做的绣花百衲被。
28. By paying attention, we learn to savor all sorts of patterns, from quantum mechanics to patchwork quilts.
    注意些什么，我们才学会品味各种形式的美，从量子力学到百衲被。
29. The source of the problem is that health systems and health development agendas have evolved into a patchwork of components.
    问题的根源在于卫生系统和卫生发展议程已演化成拼凑在一起的零散部分。
30. The result is a patchwork mosaic of bone without an even lamellar structure.
    结果形成了不均一的板层结构的骨的不协调嵌合体。

noun

1. sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern

2. a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together

   Synonym:    patchwork quilt

3. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

   Synonym:    hodgepodgejumble