- [countable, uncountable]
a hot dish made with meat, vegetables, etc. that are cooked slowly in liquid in an oven 炖烧菜，炖锅菜（有肉、蔬菜等） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- beef
- chicken
- vegetable
- …
- bake
- cook
- make
- …
- dish
- [countable] (also casserole dish)
a container with a lid (= cover) used for cooking meat, etc. in liquid in an oven 炖锅；砂锅 
Place the chicken pieces in the bottom of a large casserole. 把鸡块放在大砂锅底部。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- large
- shallow
- …
- in a/the casserole
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of casse ‘spoon-like container’, from Old Provençal casa, from late Latin cattia ‘ladle, pan’, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos ‘cup’.