pan
pan1
/pæn/
be panned (by somebody) The television series was panned by critics and viewers alike.
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 + adv./prep. The camera panned back to the audience.
pan something + adv./prep. He panned the camera along the row of faces.
3 intransitive, transitive pan (for) something to wash soil or small stones in a pan to find gold or other valuable minerals panning for gold
e.g.
I just can't believe a hero like you is tryin' to scrape by panning for gold in a place like this. こんなところで貧乏暮らしの砂金堀りやってるあんたが英雄だなんてなぁ (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』1話) When you pan for gold in the river, the water grows cloudy and the fish cannot breathe. 砂金を採る川は水が濁り肴が息をすえない (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』13話) Phrasal Verbs
pan1
/pæn/
1 a container, usually made of metal, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in
pots and pans
a large stainless steel pan
Heat a large non-stick saute pan over a medium heat.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the sugar.
a nonstick pan
see also frying pan, saucepan
Collocations
adjective
verb + pan
phrases
pots and pans
2 the amount contained in a pan
a pan of boiling water
3 (North American English) (British English tin) a metal container used for cooking food in
a cake pan
Turn the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes.
Put your turkey on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
Collocations
adjective
4 either of the dishes on a pair of scales that you put things into in order to weigh them
(British English) the bowl of a toilet
5 see also bedpan, dustpan, salt pan, skidpan, warming pan
Idioms
pan2
/pɑːn/
(also paan)
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
Word Origin
verb 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’.
noun Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.