But after about a quarter, as the moon sunk, the shadows were getting dimmer and dimmer until there was nothing but a gray patch on the jade.

可是看不到一盏茶时分，月亮移动，影子由浓而淡，由淡而无，石壁上只余一片灰白。

youdao

The mine complex appears as an uneven patch of gray in the midst of camel-colored hills devoid of vegetation.

在植被稀少的驼色山丘中部，矿区显示为不均匀的灰色斑块。

youdao

"It is a gray day." "Yes, but dinna ye see the patch of blue?"

“这是个阴天”“不错，但你难道没有看见也有补丁似的几片蔚蓝的天空吗”？

youdao

His hair was spiked and he had a soul-patch goatee, just shading gray, which extended beneath his chin.

NEWYORKER: King of Walks