Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - patchwork
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Patchwork
patchwork
noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1692 1. something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts ; hodgepodge 2. pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewn together to form a covering; also something resembling such a covering a ~ of fields
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1.
n. 1 needlework using small pieces of cloth with different designs, forming a pattern. 2 a thing composed of various small pieces or fragments. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. лоскутное изделие; лоскутная работа a cover of patchwork —- лоскутное покрывало 2. путаница, ералаш, мешанина her speech was an odd patchwork —- ее речь была очень путаной his book is a clever patchwork —- его книга - удачная компиляция 3. мозаика, пестрая смесь a patchwork of reminiscences —- калейдоскоп воспоминаний a patchwork of fields and woods —- мозаика полей и лесов Id: patchwork poets —- поэты-подражатели Id: patchwork intellect —- эклектический ум Id: a rupture is not preferable to a patchwork peace —- худой мир лучше доброй ссоры ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
noun 1) лоскутная работа; одеяло, коврик и т.п. из разноцветных лоскутов 2) мешанина; ералаш 3) attr. сшитый из лоскутов, лоскутный, пестрый ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
1. A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns. ...beds covered in patchwork quilts. ADJ: ADJ n • Patchwork is also a noun. For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you refer to something as a patchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours. The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown. ...this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities. N-SING: oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n 1 a type of needlework in which many coloured squares of cloth are stitched together to make one large piece (a patchwork quilt) 2 a patchwork of fields/villages etc a pattern that fields and villages seem to make when you see them from far above 3 a patchwork of ideas/techniques etc a combination of many different ideas etc (a patchwork of architectural styles) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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