[mass noun]needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different designs, colours, or textures are sewn together (由各种颜色和形状的许多小块织物拼缝而成的)拼缝物 a piece of patchwork. 一件拼缝物。 [as modifier]a patchwork bedspread. 一块拼缝床罩。 ■the craft of sewing in this way 拼缝手艺 specialists in quilting and patchwork. 缝被子和拼缝手艺行家。 ■[count noun]a thing composed of many different elements so as to appear variegated 拼凑的东西;杂烩 a patchwork of stone walls and green fields. 石墙和未经开发的绿地的拼凑。