pattern: [14] Etymologically, pattern and patron are the same word. When it arrived in Old French as patron (from Latin patrōnus), it had roughly the range of senses of modern English patron, including that of ‘one who commissions work’. But it had also acquired one other. Someone who pays for work to be done often gives an example of what he wants for the workman to copy: and so patrōnus had developed the meaning ‘example, exemplar’.
This passed into English from Old French along with the other meanings of patron, and not until the 17th century did it begin to be differentiated by the spelling pattern. The sense ‘decorative design’ emerged in the 16th century. => patron
pattern (n.)
early 14c., "outline, plan, model, pattern;" early 15c. as "model of behavior, exemplar," from Old French patron and directly from Medieval Latin patronus (see patron).
Extended sense of "decorative design" first recorded 1580s, from earlier sense of a "patron" as a model to be imitated. The difference in form and sense between patron and pattern wasn't firm till 1700s. Meaning "model or design in dressmaking" (especially one of paper) is first recorded 1792, in Jane Austen.
pattern (v.)
1580s, "to make a pattern for, design, plan," from pattern (n.). Meaning "to make something after a pattern" is c. 1600. Phrase pattern after "take as a model" is from 1878.
双语例句
1. She'll show you how to co-ordinate pattern and colours.
她会教你如何搭配款式和颜色。
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2. The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.
在消费结构重组方面，英国也落后于人。
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3. The kinked line in chart 1 represents this pattern.
图表1中的曲线表现了这一模式。
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4. A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent.
他的呼吸方式明显起了变化。
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5. The shirts were printed with a paisley pattern.