patch /pætʃ/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
• (n.) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
• (v.) to join or unite the pieces of

Chinese translation

• n. 片, 补缀, 碎片, 斑, 傻瓜
• vt. 补缀, 掩饰, 拼凑, 平息
• [计] 修补; 拼凑

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/pætʃ/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.2 · Rare

Word forms

patched, patching, patches

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