- 1pan out (how things turn out)(事情)最後的發展、結果如何
How a plan or situation develops in the end — 'let's see how it pans out'. No object. Often negative: it didn't pan out means it failed. This probably comes from panning for gold — washing sand in a pan and seeing what is left.
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pan outverb
- 1
To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
- On the Saturday holidays in summer-time we used to borrow skiffs whose owners were not present and go down the river three miles to the cave hollow (Missourian for "valley"), and there we staked out claims and pretended to dig gold, panning out half a dollar a day at first.
- His father came out in '49 with the gold rush crowd, panned out a good pile, and then, liking the life—San Francisco was a gay little burg those days—opened one of the crack gambling houses down on the Old Plaza.
- 2
To proceed according to plan; to result or end up with an acceptable outcome or in an acceptable form.
- My hopes for a white Christmas didn't pan out this year.
- We'll see what pans out from the arbitration process.
- 3
slangTo fall asleep.
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