English Dictionary

pattern

/ˈpatən/

noun

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. / Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. / (now rare) A copy.

She used a pattern to sew a dress.

意味（1）

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.

There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern.

意味（2）

Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.

Well! the King of France died pardoning & pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all.

意味（3）

(now rare) A copy.

意味（4）

(now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.

意味（5）

A representative example.

意味（6）

(US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.

意味（7）

(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.

意味（8）

(metalworking, dated) A full-sized model around which a mould 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 mould without damage.

意味（9）

(computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.

There were no files matching the pattern *.txt.

意味（10）

A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.

On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.

意味（11）

A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.

He lifted the entire joint or fowl up into the air, speared on a carving fork, and sliced pieces off it so that they fell on the plate below in perfectly organised patterns.

意味（12）

The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.

意味（13）

A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.

The three killings pointed to an ugly new shift in the enduring pattern of violence in Northern Ireland: the mostly Protestant Ulster police, or those suspected of affiliation with them, have become more prominent targets for the I.R.A. than the British troops.

意味（14）

(linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.

意味（15）

(computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.

Pattern 10 is open in figure 3.9, showing the 64 notes in the pattern (each pattern in this song has 64 beats).