A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns.
例句
...beds covered in patchwork quilts.蓋著百衲被的床
N-SING
拼湊物；混雜物
If you refer to something as a patchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours.
例句
The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.低矮的群山上，綠色和棕色混雜著。...this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities.這個復雜的共和國，各種文化、宗教和民族的混合體
英漢詞典釋義
n.
縫綴而成的各色布片;補綴的手工
A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material.做雜拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好辦法。That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.那個建議只是一個大雜燴而已。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
2. a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together
3. sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern