pan

pan1
[pan]
noun
  1. a container made of metal and used for cooking food in
    平底锅
    ■an amount of something contained in such a container
    一锅的量
    a pan of hot water.
    一锅热水。
    ■a large container used in a technical or manufacturing process for subjecting a material to heat or a mechanical or chemical process
    炼锅
    ■a bowl fitted at either end of a pair of scales
    (天平的)秤盘
    ■another term for steel drum
    同 steel drum
    ■a shallow bowl in which gold is separated from gravel and mud by agitation and washing
    (淘金用的)淘选盘
    ■(Brit.)the bowl of a toilet
    (英)马桶
    ■a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated
    洼地;晒盐池
    ■(Scottish & Irish). short for pan-loaf
    (苏格兰,爱尔 兰)。 同 pan-loaf
    ■a part of the lock that held the priming in old types of gun
    (旧式枪的)火药池
  2. (US informal)a face
    (美,非正式)脸
  3. a hard stratum of compacted soil
    土磐;磐层
(panned, panning)
[with obj.]
  1. (常作 be panned)(informal)criticize (someone or something) severely
    (非正式)严厉地批评
    the movie was panned by the critics.
    影片遭到了评论家的严厉批评。
  2. wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold)
    (用淘选盘)淘(金)
    the old-timers panned gold.
    老手们用淘选盘淘金。
    [no obj.]prospectors panned for gold in the Yukon.
    采矿者在育空河淘金。
常用词组
go down the pan
  1. (informal)reach a stage of abject failure or uselessness
    (非正式)惨败;无用
    communities crumble, hospitals are shut, and the economy goes down the pan.
    社区崩溃了,医院关闭了,经济一蹶不振。
派生
panful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
pan-like
adjective
语源
  1. Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina 'dish'
继承用法
pan out
  1. (of gravel) yield gold
    (从沙砾中)淘出金子
    ■turnout well
    成功
    Harold's idea had been a good one even if it hadn't panned out.
    哈洛德的想法还是好的,即使它最终没能成功。
    ■end up; conclude
    结局(是);结果(是)
    he's happy with the way the deal panned out.
    他对这笔交易的结果很满意。

pan2
[pan]
(panned, panning)
  1. [with obj. and adverbial of direction]swing (a video or film camera) in a horizontal or vertical plane, typically to give a panoramic effect or follow a subject
    (尤指为了拍摄全景或跟拍)摄全景,摇摄
    ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of a camera) be swung in such a way
    (摄影机)摇摄
    the camera panned to the dead dictator.
    镜头摇向死去的独裁者。
noun
  1. a panning movement
    摇摄动作
    that slow pan over London.
    伦敦上空缓慢的全景拍摄。
常用词组
pan and scan
  1. a technique for narrowing the aspect ratio of a widescreen film to fit the squarer shape of a television screen by continuously selecting the portion of the original picture with the most significance, rather than just the middle portion
    全景与扫描(一种缩小宽银幕电影的纵横比以适合电视机方形屏幕的技术,方法是不断地选取原图像中最有效的部分,而不仅是中间部分)
语源
  1. early 20th cent.: abbreviation of panorama

pan3
[pɑːn]
noun
  1. variant spelling of paan
    同 paan
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