n.[C]

1. 花樣，圖案
   I don't like the pattern on the fabric.

   我不喜歡那塊布料上的圖案。

2. 形態，樣式；格局
   They like new patterns of family life.

   他們喜歡新的家庭生活方式。

3. 樣品，樣本
4. （服裝裁剪的）紙樣，（澆鑄用的）模具
   Mary used a paper pattern to make her new dress.

   瑪麗按照紙樣縫製她的新衣服。

5. 模範，榜樣，典型[S1]
   This hospital is a pattern of what a good hospital should be.

   這家醫院就是好醫院的榜樣。

6. 模式

vt.

1. 以圖案裝飾，給……加上花樣[（+with）]
2. 仿造，模仿[O][（+after/on/upon）]
   We patterned our road system on theirs.

   我們的公路系統是照他們的系統設計建造的。

   He patterned himself after his teacher.

   他以他的老師為自己仿效的榜樣。

   She bought a dress patterned upon a Parisian model.

   她買了一件仿照巴黎流行式樣而做的衣服。

n.

1. a repeated decorative design.
   ▸an arrangement or sequence regularly found in comparable objects or events.
2. a regular form or sequence discernible in the way in which something happens or is done:
   a change in working patterns.
3. a model or design used as a guide in needlework and other crafts.
   ▸a set of instructions to be followed in making a sewn or knitted item.
   ▸a model from which a mould is made for a casting.
   ▸a sample of cloth or wallpaper.
4. an example for others to follow.

v.

1. decorate with a pattern.
2. give a regular or intelligible form to.
   ▸ (pattern something on/after) give something a form based on that of (something else).

[名]

1. 模式。
   소비 패턴.

   消費模式。