单词 | pan |
释义 | Word Frequency pan 1(pæn) noun 1. a. a wide metal vessel used in cooking b. (in combination) saucepan 2. Also called: panful the amount such a vessel will hold 3. any of various similar vessels used esp in industry, as for boiling liquids 4. a dish used by prospectors, esp gold prospectors, for separating a valuable mineral from the gravel or earth containing it by washing and agitating 5. either of the two dishlike receptacles on a balance 6. Also called: lavatory pan British the bowl of a lavatory 7. a. a natural or artificial depression in the ground where salt can be obtained by the evaporation of brine b. a natural depression containing water or mud 8. Caribbean the indented top from an oil drum used as the treble drum in a steel band 9. hardpan, brainpan 10. a small ice floe 11. a slang word for face (sense 1a) 12. a small cavity containing priming powder in the locks of old guns 13. a hard substratum of soil 14. short for pan loaf verbWord forms: pans, panning or panned 15. (when tr, often foll by off or out) to wash (gravel) in a pan to separate particles of (valuable minerals) from it 16. (intransitive; often foll by out) (of gravel) to yield valuable minerals by this process 17. (transitive) informal to criticize harshly the critics panned his new play Word origin Old English panne; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse panna, Old High German pfannaWord Frequency pan 2(pæn) verbWord forms: pans, panning or panned 1. to move (a film camera) or (of a film camera) to be moved so as to follow a moving object or obtain a panoramic effect noun 2. a. the act of panning b. (as modifier) a pan shot Word origin C20: shortened from panoramicWord Frequency pan 3(pæn) or paan (pɑːn) noun 1. the leaf of the betel tree 2. a preparation of this leaf which is chewed, together with betel nuts and lime, in India and the East Indies Word origin C17: from Hindi, from Sanskrit parna feather, wing, leafWord Frequency Pan(pæn) noun Greek mythology the god of fields, woods, shepherds, and flocks, represented as a man with a goat's legs, horns, and ears ▶ Related adjectives: Pandean, Panic Word Frequency Pan.abbreviation for Panama Word Frequency pan-combining form 1. all or every panchromatic 2. including or relating to all parts or members Pan-African pantheistic Word origin from Greek pan, neuter of pas all |
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