n.[C]

1. 花样，图案
   I don't like the pattern on the fabric.

   我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

2. 形态，样式；格局
   They like new patterns of family life.

   他们喜欢新的家庭生活方式。

3. 样品，样本
4. （服装裁剪的）纸样，（浇铸用的）模具
   Mary used a paper pattern to make her new dress.

   玛丽按照纸样缝制她的新衣服。

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

   这家医院就是好医院的榜样。

6. 模式

vt.

1. 以图案装饰，给……加上花样[（+with）]
2. 仿造，模仿[O][（+after/on/upon）]
   We patterned our road system on theirs.

   我们的公路系统是照他们的系统设计建造的。

   He patterned himself after his teacher.

   他以他的老师为自己仿效的榜样。

   She bought a dress patterned upon a Parisian model.

   她买了一件仿照巴黎流行式样而做的衣服。

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).