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patchwork ['pætʃwɜ:k](b) (collection) collection f;∎ the book is a patchwork of previously published writings le livre rassemble des écrits déjà publiés;∎ a patchwork team une équipe disparate ou hétéroclite►► patchwork quilt couverture f en patchwork -
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A n1 Sewing patchwork m ;B modif1 Sewing [cover, quilt] en patchwork ;2 ( not uniform) [approach, theory] hétérogène. -
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noun (cloth made by sewing small pieces of material together: a skirt made of patchwork; ( also adjective) a patchwork quilt.) (en) patchwork -
5 a patchwork of laws
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[pæ ] 1. noun1) (a piece of material sewn on to cover a hole: She sewed a patch on the knee of her jeans.) pièce2) (a small piece of ground: a vegetable patch.) carré2. verb(to mend (clothes etc) by sewing on pieces of material: She patched the (hole in the) child's trousers.) rapiécer- patchy- patchiness - patchwork - patch up -
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bee [bi:]∎ familiar he is a busy (little) bee (is energetic) il déborde d'énergie; (has a lot of work) il a énormément de choses à faire;∎ to have a bee in one's bonnet (about sth) être obsédé (par qch);∎ familiar it's the bee's knees! c'est formidable ou super!;∎ familiar she thinks he's the bee's knees elle le trouve formidable;∎ familiar he thinks he's the bee's knees il ne se prend pas pour n'importe qui∎ quilting bee atelier m de patchwork►► Botany bee balm monarde f d'Amérique;Botany bee orchid ophrys f abeille;bee sting piqûre f d'abeille;familiar humorous bee stings (small breasts) œufs mpl sur le plat -
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(a) (insane → person, dream) fou (folle);∎ to have crazy eyes avoir des yeux de fou;∎ that's a crazy idea!, that's crazy! c'est de la folie!;∎ this is crazy c'est fou;∎ he was crazy to do it il a été fou de le faire;∎ that's the craziest thing I've ever heard c'est la chose la plus insensée que j'aie jamais entendue;∎ to drive or to send sb crazy rendre qn fou;∎ it's enough to drive you crazy c'est à vous rendre fou;∎ familiar the fans went crazy les fans ne se sont plus sentis;∎ to be/to go crazy with fear/grief être/devenir fou de peur/douleur;∎ power crazy avide de pouvoir;∎ you must be crazy! mais tu es fou!;∎ like crazy (work, drive, run, spend money) comme un fou;∎ humorous a crazy mixed-up kid un jeune qui ne sait pas où il en est∎ to be crazy about sb/sth être fou (folle) ou dingue de qn/qch;∎ I'm not crazy about the idea l'idée ne m'emballe pas vraiment;∎ he's football crazy c'est un fana ou un cinglé de foot;∎ to go crazy over sth flasher sur qch(c) (strange, fantastic) bizarre, fou (folle)2 noun►► American crazy bone petit juif m;crazy golf minigolf m;History Crazy Horse Crazy Horse;British crazy paving = dallage irrégulier en pierres plates;American crazy quilt couette f en patchwork
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patchwork — [ patʃwɶrk ] n. m. • 1962; mot angl. , de patch « morceau » et work « ouvrage » ♦ Anglic. Tissu fait de morceaux disparates cousus les uns aux autres. Péj. Mélange d éléments hétérogènes. Un patchwork culturel. ● patchwork nom masculin ( … Encyclopédie Universelle
Patchwork — Decke Cover „Patchwork Girl of Oz“ 1913 Patchwork (wörtlich: „Flickwerk“) ist eine Technik der Textilgestaltung, bei der kleine … Deutsch Wikipedia
patchwork — s. m. 1. Obra feita de pedaços de tecido de cores diferentes, muitas vezes vivas, cosidos uns nos outros. 2. [Figurado] Qualquer conjunto formado de elementos heterogêneos, disparates: Um patchwork de nacionalidades. • Plural: patchworks.… … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
patchwork — ► NOUN 1) needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different designs are sewn edge to edge. 2) a thing composed of many different elements: a patchwork of educational courses … English terms dictionary
Patchwork — Patch work , n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
patchwork — index melange Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
patchwork — 1690s, from PATCH (Cf. patch) (n.1) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
patchwork — (izg. pàčvork) m DEFINICIJA komadići tkanine, kože, vunenog pletiva i sl. raznih boja i uzoraka sastavljeni u cjelinu za različitu uporabu ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
patchwork — [n] mixture, hodgepodge check, confusion, disorder, hash*, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, muddle, olio, pastiche, plaid, salad*, salmagundi, stew*, tartan; concepts 260,432,475 … New thesaurus
patchwork — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. paczłerk a. paczłork] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż IIa, D. u {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} narzuta, dywanik, tkanina itp. wyrób zszyty z kawałków różnych materiałów <ang.> {{/stl 7}} … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
patchwork — [pach′wʉrk΄] n. 1. anything formed of irregular, incongruous, odd, or miscellaneous parts; jumble 2. a quilt or other covering made of patches of cloth, etc. sewn together at their edges 3. any design or surface like this … English World dictionary