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  1.  
     a container, usually made of metal, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in平锅；平底锅
    • pots and pans锅碗瓢盆
    • a large stainless steel pan一只不锈钢大平锅
    • Heat a large non-stick saute pan over a medium heat.用中火加热大的不粘锅。
    • Remove the pan from the heat and add the sugar.把锅从炉上移走，加糖。
    • a nonstick pan 不粘底的锅
    see also frying pan, saucepan
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chip
    • fry
    • frying
    • …
    verb + pan
    • heat
    • cover
    phrases
    • pots and pans
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  2.  
     the amount contained in a pan一锅的量
    • a pan of boiling water一锅开水
    Topics Cooking and eatingb1
  3. (North American English)
    (British English tin)
    a metal container used for cooking food in（烘煮食物用的）烤盘，烤模
    • a cake pan蛋糕烤盘
    Extra Examples
    • Turn the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes.把面糊倒入备好的烤盘里，烘烤 40 分钟。
    • Put your turkey on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.把火鸡用架子盛着放入浅烤盘。
    Topics Cooking and eatingb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cake
    • loaf
    • pie
    • …
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  4. either of the dishes on a pair of scales that you put things into in order to weigh them （天平的）秤盘
  5. (British English) the bowl of a toilet马桶
    6. see also bedpan, dustpan, salt pan, skidpan, warming pan
    Word Originnoun Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.
Idioms
a flash in the pan
  1. a sudden success that lasts only a short time and is not likely to be repeated昙花一现
    • He needed to prove that his success was not just a flash in the pan.他需要证明自己的成功不仅仅是泛滥成灾。
    Topics Successc2
go down the pan
  1. (British English, informal) to fail completely被浪费；被糟蹋
    • That's another brilliant idea down the pan.又一个好主意被糟践了！🔊🔊

pan1

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pan
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he / she / it pans
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past simple panned
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past participle panned
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-ing form panning
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, usually passive] (informal) to severely criticize something such as a play or a film 严厉批评，抨击（戏剧、电影等）synonym slate
    • be panned (by somebody) The television series was panned by critics and viewers alike.该电视连续剧受到评论家和观众的好评。
  2. [intransitive, transitive] if a television or video camera pans somewhere, or a person pans or pans a camera, the camera moves in a particular direction, to follow an object or to film a wide area（移动摄像机）追拍，摇摄
    • + adv./prep. The camera panned back to the audience.摄像机摇回拍摄观众。🔊🔊
    • pan something + adv./prep. He panned the camera along the row of faces.他移动摄像机顺着这一排面孔拍摄。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive, transitive] pan (for) something to wash soil or small stones in a pan to find gold or other valuable minerals（用淘选盘）淘洗；淘（金）
    • panning for gold淘金
    4. Word Originverb sense 1 and verb sense 3 Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.

pan2

noun
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(also paan)
[uncountable, countable] (Indian English)
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  1. a betel leaf, usually folded into a shape with three sides and filled with spices (= types of powder or seed that come from plants and have a strong taste and smell) for eating蒌叶，蒟酱叶包槟榔，包叶槟榔（通常折成粽子状食用）