| 释义 |
pan /pæn/► SEE ALLgo down the pana flash in the panout of the frying pan (and) into the fire
●go down the ˈpan (BrE, slang) be wasted or spoiled 被浪费；被糟蹋◆That’s another brilliant idea down the pan.
又一个好主意被糟践了。 NOTE Pan is an informal word for the bowl of a toilet. * pan 是非正式用语，意为“马桶”。 ●a ˌflash in the ˈpan (informal) a success which lasts for a short time and is not likely to be repeated 短暂的成功；昙花一现◆He scored a lot of goals early in the season, but hasn’t scored any since, so it may have been just a flash in the pan.赛季开始时他进了很多球，但后来就再没得分，所以那可能只是昙花一现。 ORIGIN This refers to an old type of gun. Sometimes the gunpowder in the pan (= a small container at the top of the gun) exploded but failed to set fire to the gunpowder inside the gun with the result that the gun did not fire a bullet. 这个表达法原指一种老式火枪，有时火药池（pan）里的火药起爆后，未能引燃枪管中的火药，子弹不能射出。●out of the ˈfrying pan (and) into the ˈfire (saying) out of one situation of danger or difficulty into another (usually worse) one 刚出油锅，又落火坑；才脱龙潭，又入虎穴◆It was a case of out of the frying pan into the fire: she divorced her husband, who was an alcoholic, and then married another man with the same problem.这真是刚出油锅又落火坑：她跟她的酒鬼丈夫离了婚，接着嫁的男人还是个酒徒。 |