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frying pan

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈfrying ˌpan ●●○ noun [countable]  1. frying_pan.jpg DFUa round flat pan with a long handle, used for frying food 长柄平底煎锅4  See picture on 见图 Page A5 Where to eat 吃东西的地方4  See picture of 见图 PAN5 see picture at 见图 pan12. out of the frying pan and into the fire WORSEto go from a bad situation to one that is even worse 跳出油锅又落入火里〔比喻境况愈来愈糟〕
Examples from the Corpus
frying panMeanwhile heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.Marinated meat sizzled in a frying pan.Pour half of the olive oil into a frying pan and add the sugar and tomatoes.Heat butter and oil in a heavy-based frying pan.He felt caught between the frying pan and the fire with the literary women in his life.He covers the frying pan and cooks his sandwich until the bottom gets golden and crisp and then flips it over.But was he going from the frying pan into the fire?
ˈfrying ˌpan nounChineseSyllable
with Corpus flat long a round a pan


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frying pan
ˈfrying ˌpan noun [countable]

1. a round flat pan with a long handle, used for frying food
2. out of the frying pan and into the fire to go from a bad situation to one that is even worse


frying panBrE /ˈfraɪɪŋ pæn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfraɪɪŋ pæn/ 🔊 (NAmE also fry·pan, skil·let) noun
a large shallow pan with a long handle, used for frying food in 长柄平底煎锅
out of the ˈfrying pan into the ˈfire(saying) from a bad situation to one that is worse 跳出油锅又落火坑;逃出虎口又入狼窝;每况愈下