patchery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Hypocrisy; trickery. uncountable
    — Thersites: Here is ſuch patchery, ſuch juggling and ſuch knavery!
  2. Living quarters for married soldiers. India,UK,historical
  3. That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork. uncountable
    — [The Clergy] find all that is absolutely requisite, provided in some way or other; they succeed in feeding, clothing, and educating their children, and live in sufficient comfort not to feel the ridicule which belong to dilapidation and patchery.

词形变化

patcheries plural parcherry alternative patcheree alternative patcherry alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English patch
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English patchery
From patch + -ery.
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