This cloth has a pattern of blue and white squares. 这种布有蓝白格子的图案。
He patterned himself upon a man he admired. 他模仿一个他钦佩的人。
pattern
[ noun ]
a perceptual structure
<noun.cognition> the composition presents problems for students of musical form a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
a customary way of operation or behavior
<noun.act> it is their practice to give annual raises they changed their dietary pattern
a decorative or artistic work
<noun.artifact> the coach had a design on the doors
something regarded as a normative example
<noun.cognition> the convention of not naming the main character violence is the rule not the exception his formula for impressing visitors
a model considered worthy of imitation
<noun.cognition> the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
something intended as a guide for making something else
<noun.cognition> a blueprint for a house a pattern for a skirt
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
<noun.location> the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See {Patron}.] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
I will be the pattern of all patience. --Shak.
2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
He compares the pattern with the whole piece. --Swift.
3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. Something made after a model; a copy. --Shak.
The patterns of things in the heavens. --Heb. ix. 23.
6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
7. (Founding) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
8. a recognizable characteristic relationship or set of relationships between the members of any set of objects or actions, or the properties of the members; also, the set having a definable relationship between its members. [PJC]
Note: Various collections of objects or markings are spoken of as a pattern. Thus: the distribution of bomb or shell impacts on a target area, or of bullet holes in a target; a set of traits or actions that appear to be consistent throughout the members of a group or over time within a group, as behavioral pattern, traffic pattern, dress pattern; the wave pattern for a spoken word; the pattern of intensities in a spectrum; a grammatical pattern. [PJC]
9. (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
10. the recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as {landing pattern}. [PJC]
11. an image or diagram containing lines, usually horizontal, vertical, and diagonal, sometimes of varying widths, used to test the resolution of an optical instrument or the accuracy of reproduction of image copying or transmission equipment. Same as {test pattern}. [PJC]
{pattern box}, {pattern chain}, or {pattern cylinder} (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.
{Pattern card}. (a) A set of samples on a card. (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus.
{Pattern reader}, one who arranges textile patterns.
{Pattern wheel} (Horology), a count-wheel.
Pattern \Pat"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patterned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patterning}.] 1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. --Milton.
[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. --Sir T. Herbert.
2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
{To pattern after}, to imitate; to follow.
After the UAW pattern agreement was reached, Chrysler said the deal was too expensive.
'But as its market erodes, it has a disincentive to fund the full range of work because its competitors can free ride.' By the new pattern in the US, aggressive small and mid-sized firms invest heavily in research, while the old giants hold R&D down.
The Viacom lawsuit claimed that the agreement, which the suit called "a form of extortion known as greenmail," constituted one the illegal acts needed for establishing a pattern of racketeering under that law.
But on a recent Sunday, his pattern changed radically.
Some in business who are close observers of the Supreme Court say they aren't surprised by the pattern.
Negative numbers indicate returns should move inversely, while 0 indicates there's no particular pattern.
But their survey of companies with ventures in China does reveal a pattern in 'second generation' ventures.
It is no longer a collection of familiar objects understood by you but a pattern of shapes and shades which have no purpose other than to defy your efforts to describe them.
The infected disks are imprinted with a green decorative pattern.
The fire chief said the pattern of the blasts led him to suspect illegal fireworks were involved and he summoned federal agents to investigate.
Flo was first spotted last January off the coast of Maui and is identified by her unique tail pattern.
"Scientists studying mass extinction are like criminologists tracking a serial killer _ the clues that finally catch the killer usually come from the repeated pattern in the way the crimes were committed," Bakker said.
It adjoins the $18.9 million Westlake Park, paved in multi-colored granite to resemble a Salish Indian basketweave pattern.
Every three months, with a turn of the kaleidoscope, we see a new pattern.
But the recent storms do signal that a change in the weather pattern could allow more rainy intervals over the Midwest than was the case for May and June.
The stock market drifted lower today, still stuck in the neutral pattern of the past several sessions.
So the company decided to pattern its pizza delivery on Domino's.
In the past, GM accepted sealed bids from tire makers, and its choices, usually made on price, were tantamount to a pattern settlement.
The emergence of domestic demand-led growth in the past two quarters represents a sharp turn away from the pattern of recent years, when a rapid buildup in Japan's trade surplus provided the primary impetus for expansion.
"The decision by Chrysler Canada to meet the Canadian pattern when it is indicating opposition to meeting the U.S. pattern is an important turning point in the history of labor relations," the statement said.
"The decision by Chrysler Canada to meet the Canadian pattern when it is indicating opposition to meeting the U.S. pattern is an important turning point in the history of labor relations," the statement said.
New research points to significant changes in the pattern of severe streptococcal infections, Dr. Charles Hoge of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported Tuesday at an American Society for Microbiology conference.
For several years, the Soviet Union has been carrying out a public relations offensive at the United Nations and has launched initiatives here as part of an international pattern of new Soviet ideas on peacemaking on almost every continent.
"You're trying to change the whole distribution pattern of the office products business.
The United Auto Workers union has brought the Big Three U.S. automakers back under an industry pattern contract for the first time in a decade, with this week's settlement at Chrysler Corp.
But the pattern is so old _ Hirohito reigned for 62 years and 13 days _ and Japan is so different now that precedent may not be followed.
SKY-HIGH SNACKS at airport concessions keep consumers in a holding pattern.
Only nine moves are scheduled for this year and only five for the period 1994-96. There is more to the regional pattern of the property recovery than the 'ripple effect', though.
If an emrgency hadn't been declared Tuesday, the plane would have been instructed to take its position at the end of a line of aircraft waiting in a pattern to land at Kennedy.
Wrangler's pants have more shades of tan than the military's previous pattern, which was designed for the California desert and had black and white specks.