单词 | panel |
释义 | panel /pan"l/, n. , v. , paneled, paneling or (esp. Brit.) panelled, panelling. n. 1. a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., esp. of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border. 2. a comparatively thin, flat piece of wood or the like, as a large piece of plywood. 3. a group of persons gathered to conduct a public discussion, judge a contest, serve as advisers, be players on a radio or television game, or the like: a panel of political scientists meeting to discuss foreign policy. 4. a public discussion by such a group. 5. Law. a. a list of persons summoned for service as jurors. b. the body of persons composing a jury. c. (in Scotland) the person or persons arraigned for trial. 6. a mount for or a surface or section of a machine containing the controls and dials. 7. Elect. a switchboard or control board, or a division of a switchboard or control board containing a set of related cords, jacks, relays, etc. 8. a broad strip of material set vertically in or on a dress, skirt, etc. 9. Painting. a. a flat piece of wood of varying kinds on which a picture is painted. b. a picture painted on such a piece of wood. 10. (in Britain) a list of approved or cooperating doctors available to patients under a health insurance program. 11. Aeron. a lateral subdivision of an airfoil with internal girder construction. 12. Engin. , Building Trades. a. the space on the chord of a truss between any two adjacent joints made by principal web members with the chord. b. the space within the web of a truss between any two such joints and a corresponding pair of joints or a single joint on an opposite chord. 13. the section between the two bands on the spine of a bound book. 14. Mining. an area of a coal seam separated for mining purposes from adjacent areas by extra thick masses or ribs of coal. 15. a pad placed under a saddle. 16. a pad, cloth, or the like, serving as a saddle. 17. a pane, as in a window. 18. a slip of parchment. 19. a photograph much longer in one dimension than the other. v.t. 20. to arrange in or furnish with a panel or panels. 21. to ornament with a panel or panels. 22. to set in a frame as a panel. 23. to select (a jury). 24. Scots Law. to bring to trial. [1250-1300; ME < OF panel a piece (of anything), dim. of pan piece of cloth or the like. See PANE, -ELLE] Usage. See collective noun. |
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