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n (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词)
1 (a) wide flat (usu metal) container, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in 锅; （通常为金属的）盘状器皿
*a `frying-pan 煎锅
* a saucepan 长柄炖锅
* pots and pans 锅壶盆罐. =>illus 见插图.
(b) amount contained in this 一锅之量
*a pan of hot fat 一锅热脂油.
2 any of various types of bowl-shaped containers 盆状器皿
*a lavatory pan, ie its porcelain bowl 瓷便池
* a `bedpan 床上便盆
* a `dustpan 簸箕.
3 either of the dishes on a pair of scales （天平的）秤盘.=>illus at scale 见scale插图.
4 metal dish in which gravel is washed to separate it from gold or othervaluable minerals （淘沙金等的）淘盘.
5 = salt-pan (salt).6 = hard-pan (hard).
7 small cavity for gunpowder in the lock of an old type of gun （旧式枪上的）火药池.8 (idm 习语) a flash in the pan => flash1.

v (-nn-)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) wash gravel in a pan in order to find gold or other valuable minerals 用淘盘淘
*prospectors panning for gold 淘金的人.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) criticize (sth) severely 严厉批评（某事）
*The film was panned by the critics. 影片受到评论家的严厉批评.
3 (phr v) pan sth off/out wash (gravel) in a pan, to separate gold or other valuable minerals from it 用淘盘淘洗（含金或贵重矿物的砂砾）. pan out
(a) (of gravel, a river, an area, etc) yield gold or other valuable minerals （指砂砾、河流、地区等）产金或其他贵重矿物.
(b) (infml 口) (of events or circumstances) develop; turn out （指事情或环境）发展, 结果
*It depends how things pan out. 那得看事情结果怎样了.

/pæn; pæn/
v (-nn-) (cinema or broadcasting 影或播)
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr] move (a camera) to the right or left to follow a moving object or to show a wide view （为拍摄动景或全景）向右或向左移动（摄影机）.
(b) [I, Ipr] (of a camera, etc) move in this way （指摄影机等）移动拍摄
*The shot panned slowly across the room. 镜头慢慢移动拍摄房间全景.

Pan
in Greek mythology, the god of fields, forests, and shepherds. Pan is usually shown in pictures as a man with a goat's horns, ears, and legs, playing the panpipes. He is also famous for his strong sexual desire.