pan

pentola, casseruola

Recipiente di metallo, di solito con un lungo manico, usato per cucinare.

In inglese semplice: A metal container, usually with a long handle, used to cook food.

• Put the water in a pan.
• She heated the soup in a small pan.
• Have you washed the pans yet?

Sinonimi: saucepan, pot

Espressioni comuni: a large pan, pan of water, heat a pan, pan lid

padella

Recipiente largo e poco profondo, spesso rotondo, con bordi inclinati verso l’esterno.

In inglese semplice: A wide, shallow container, often round, with sides that slope outward.

• Heat some oil in a pan.
• The eggs stuck to the frying pan.
• He washed the sand in a shallow pan to find gold.

Espressioni comuni: frying pan, a shallow pan, a round pan, gold pan

una pentola di

Quantità di cibo o liquido contenuta in una pentola.

In inglese semplice: The amount of food or liquid held in one cooking container.

• We ate a whole pan of pasta.
• A pan of soup should feed six people.
• He boiled two pans of water for the bath.

Come si usa: a pan of something (We cooked a pan of rice for everyone.)

Sinonimi: panful

Espressioni comuni: pan of soup, pan of rice, a whole pan, pan of pasta

bacinetto

Piccola parte di un’arma antica che contiene la polvere da sparo accesa per prima.

In inglese semplice: A small part of an old gun that holds the powder first set on fire.

• He put powder in the pan.
• A spark lit the powder in the gun's pan.
• The musket would not fire because its pan was wet.

Sinonimi: priming pan

Espressioni comuni: priming pan, flintlock pan, powder pan

fare una panoramica

Girare una videocamera lateralmente durante le riprese, o spostare una vista di lato.

In inglese semplice: To turn a camera from side to side while filming, or move a view sideways.

• Pan the camera slowly.
• The shot panned left to show the road.
• Can you pan across the whole room?

Come si usa: pan across something (The camera panned across the crowd.); pan to someone/something (The camera panned to the doorway.)

Espressioni comuni: pan the camera, pan across something, pan to someone, pan left

unire, incastrare

Unire pezzi o premere qualcosa per farlo entrare al posto giusto.

In inglese semplice: To join pieces or press something into its proper place.

• Pan the piece down firmly.
• The worker panned the two parts together.
• These pieces must pan neatly into the frame.

Sinonimi: fit, join, unite

Contrari: separate

Espressioni comuni: pan something down, pan together, pan the pieces