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
(US informal)a face (美,非正式)脸
a hard stratum of compacted soil 土磐;磐层
(panned, panning) [with obj.]
(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。
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
(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
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
(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)
[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
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
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)