pattern
n
1 arrangement of lines, shapes, colours, etc, esp as a decorative design on clothes, carpets, wallpaper, etc 圖案, 花樣, 式樣(尤指衣物、 地毯、 壁紙等的)
a checked, flowery, Paisley pattern 格子的、 花卉的、 佩斯利渦旋紋的圖案
What a pretty pattern! 多漂亮的圖案哪!
She wore a dress with a pattern of roses on it. 她穿著有玫瑰花圖案的連衣裙. =>illus 見插圖.
2
(a) (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞) model, design or instructions from which sth is to be made (據以制作某物的)模型, 樣式, 說明
a knitting/sewing pattern 編織[縫紉]樣式
a paper pattern, ie a set of pieces of paper that show the shapes of the various parts of a garment 紙樣(縫制衣服用的).
(b) piece of wood used to make a mould for casting metal (用以制造鑄模的)木模, 模型.
3 sample of cloth or some other material (布等的)樣品
a book of tweed patterns 粗花呢樣品簿.
4 way in which sth happens, moves, develops or is arranged 模式; 方式; 形式
patterns of behaviour/behaviour patterns 行為模式
the pattern of economic decline in Britain 英國經濟衰退的形式
the pattern of events which led up to the war 導致戰爭的事件發展狀況
These sentences all have the same grammatical pattern. 這些句子的語法模式都相同.
The murders all seem to follow a set pattern, ie occur in a similar way. 這些謀殺案似乎都為同一手法.
5 excellent example; model 模范; 典范; 榜樣
This company's profit-sharing scheme set a pattern which others followed. 這家公司的利潤分成計畫已成為各公司的樣板. pattern, v [Tn.pr]
~ oneself/sth on sb/sth imitate sb/sth; model sth on sth 模仿某人[某事物]; 按某模型仿造某物
He patterns himself upon his father. 他模仿父親.
Her ideas are patterned on Trotsky's. 她的思想是仿效托洛茨基的. patterned adj decorated with a pattern 有圖案裝飾的; 帶花樣的
patterned china, fabric, wallpaper 有圖案的瓷器、 織物、 壁紙.