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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. 用中火加热一个不粘的大煎锅。 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chip
- fry
- frying
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- heat
- cover
- pots and pans
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the amount contained in a pan 一锅的量 a pan of boiling water 一锅开水
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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 ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb1Turn 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cake
- loaf
- pie
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either of the dishes on a pair of scales that you put things into in order to weigh them （天平的）秤盘 - (British English)
the bowl of a toilet 马桶 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
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. 他需要证明他的成功不只是昙花一现。
go down the pan