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单词 pan out
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pan out vb
  1. (intr, adverb) informal to work out; turn out; result
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pan1 /pæn/USA pronunciation   n., v., panned, pan•ning. 
n. [countable]
  1. a wide or broad, usually shallow metal container used for frying, baking, washing, etc.:a frying pan.
  2. a similar container or part, as one of the scales of a balance:In one pan he placed the weight and in the other he measured out a kilo of flour.
  3. Metallurgya container in which gold is separated from gravel by shaking, stirring, or moving through water.

v. 
  1. Informal Termsto criticize harshly, as in a review:[+ object]The critics panned the new play.
  2. Metallurgyto wash (gravel, etc.) in a pan to separate gold: [no object]The prospectors were panning for gold in the stream.[+ object]to pan the gravel near Sutter's Mill.
  3. pan out, [no object][Informal.]to have an end or outcome, esp. a successful one:Things did not pan out well at his new job when he lost the report.

pan3 /pæn/USA pronunciation   v., panned, pan•ning, n. 
v. 
  1. Show Businessto move a camera from one side to another to follow a moving subject or keep a wide scene in view: [no object]The camera operator panned from one end of the field to the other.[+ object]She panned the camera to the left.
  2. Show Business (of a camera) to be moved in such a manner:[no object]The camera panned back to show the captain and his men surrounded by enemy soldiers.

n. [countable]
  1. Show Businessthe act of panning a camera.

pan-, prefix. 
  1. pan- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "all.'' This meaning is found in such words as: panorama;
    pantheism
    . It is also used esp. in terms that imply or suggest the union of all branches of a group:Pan-American;Pan- + hellenic (Greek) → Panhellenic (= all Greeks united in one group);Pan-Slavism (= all the people of Slavic background united).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pan1  (pan),USA pronunciation n., v., panned, pan•ning. 
n. 
  1. a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc.
  2. any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance.
  3. the amount a pan holds or can hold;
    panful:a pan of shelled peas.
  4. Mechanical Engineeringany of various open or closed containers used in industrial or mechanical processes.
  5. Metallurgya container in which silver ores are ground and amalgamated.
  6. Metallurgya container in which gold or other heavy, valuable metals are separated from gravel or other substances by agitation with water.
  7. Geographya drifting piece of flat, thin ice, as formed on a shore or bay.
  8. Geographya natural depression in the ground, as one containing water, mud, or mineral salts.
  9. Geographya similar depression made artificially, as for evaporating salt water to make salt.
  10. (in old guns) the depressed part of the lock, holding the priming.
  11. Also, panning. an unfavorable review, critique, or appraisal:The show got one rave and three pans.
  12. Slang Termsthe face.

v.t. 
  1. Informal Termsto criticize severely, as in a review of a play.
  2. Metallurgyto wash (gravel, sand, etc.) in a pan to separate gold or other heavy valuable metal.
  3. to cook (oysters, clams, etc.) in a pan.

v.i. 
  1. Metallurgyto wash gravel, sand, etc., in a pan in seeking gold or the like.
  2. Metallurgyto yield gold or the like, as gravel washed in a pan.
  3. pan out, [Informal.]to turn out, esp. successfully:The couple's reconciliation just didn't pan out.
  • bef. 900; Middle English, Old English panne; cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne, Old Norse panna
panner, n. 

pan2  (pän),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologythe leaf of the betel.
  2. a substance, esp. betel nut or a betel-nut mixture, used for chewing.
  • Hindi pān; compare Pali, Prakrit paṇṇa, Sanskrit parṇa leaf, betel leaf
  • 1610–20

pan3  (pan),USA pronunciation v., panned, pan•ning, n. 
v.i. 
  1. Show Businessto photograph or televise while rotating a camera on its vertical or horizontal axis in order to keep a moving person or object in view or allow the film to record a panorama:to pan from one end of the playing field to the other during the opening of the football game.
  2. Show Business(of a camera) to be moved or manipulated in such a manner:The cameras panned occasionally during the scene.

v.t. 
  1. Show Businessto move (a camera) in such a manner:to pan the camera across the scene.
  2. Show Businessto photograph or televise (a scene, moving character, etc.) by panning the camera.

n. 
  1. Show Businessthe act of panning a camera.
  2. Show BusinessAlso called panning shot. the filmed shot resulting from this.
  • shortening of panorama 1920–25

pan4  (pan),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Architecturea major vertical division of a wall.
  2. Architecturea nogged panel of half-timber construction.
  • French, Middle French: pane
  • 1735–45

pan5  (pän),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
  1. Gamespanguingue.
  • by shortening

pan6  (pan),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pan.

Pan  (pan),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythologythe ancient Greek god of forests, pastures, flocks, and shepherds, represented with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the legs and sometimes the horns and ears of a goat.

Pan  (pan),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or that of one of its passengers.
Also, pan. 
pan-, 
  1. a combining form meaning "all,'' occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (panacea;
    panoply
    ), but now used freely as a general formative (panleukopenia;
    panorama;
    pantelegraph;
    pantheism;
    pantonality
    ), and esp. in terms, formed at will, implying the union of all branches of a group (Pan-Christian;
    Panhellenic;
    Pan-Slavism
    ). The hyphen and the second capital tend with longer use to be lost, unless they are retained in order to set off clearly the component parts.
Also, pant-, panto-. 
  • Greek pan- combining form of pâs (neuter pân) all, every, pân everything

Pan., 
  1. Place NamesPanama.

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