a sample, especially of fabric
样品(尤指样布)。
a collection of such samples, especially in the form of a book
样品集(尤指以书的形式)。
a patch or area of a material or surface
(物体或表面的)一片;一团
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the sunset had filled the sky with swatches of deep orange .落日把天空染成了一片片深橙色。
" early 16th cent. (originally Scots and northern English, denoting the counterfoil of a tally, and later a tally fixed to a piece of cloth before dyeing): of unknown origin. "