swatch
swatch
noun
noun
- 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
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
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