n.修補工作；拼湊的東西；混雜物

She patched new cloth to the old coat, so it seemed mere patchwork. 她把新布初到那件舊上衣上,所以那件衣服看上去就像拼湊起來的東西。

This is not plagiarism but just a patchwork of quotations. 這不是剽竊，這只是拼湊出來的。

The result is a patchwork landscape. 其結(jié)果就是拼縫布一樣雜駁的風(fēng)景。