pan out

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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. transitive
    — 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.
  2. To proceed according to plan; to result or end up with an acceptable outcome or in an acceptable form. figuratively,intransitive
    — My hopes for a white Christmas didn't pan out this year.
  3. To fall asleep. Ireland,intransitive,slang

词形变化

pans out present,singular,third-person panning out participle,present panned out participle,past panned out past
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