| 单词 | on the pan |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the pan 14. colloquial (originally U.S.). A severely critical or dismissive review. In early use frequently in on the pan: (of a person) under reprimand or adverse criticism. Cf. pan v.3 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe biting1382 tomahawking1777 sledgehammering1853 grief1891 pan1899 panning1908 excoriation1924 flak1968 1899 W. J. Kountz Billy Baxter's Lett. 20 She just put everybody in town on the pan and roasted them to a whisper. 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl xviii. 209 All get the pan for the actions of a few. 1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood v. 140 Even when the newspapers puts him on the pan..the safe-playing, money-grabbing middleweight king just laughs at us. 1967 M. Howard Call me Brick 37 Now that she was on the pan, the saccharine façade was quickly stripped from Miss Bullfinch's face. 1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 24/5 This Hunanese restaurant... Appraisals..included the whole possible spectrum of opinion from rave to pan. 1992 Village Voice (N.Y.) 28 Jan. 58/1 The New York Times began their pan by observing that ‘many a mystery is less bewildering than Heroes for Sale’. < as lemmas |
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