pan·el /ˈpænḷ/
 嵌板,儀表板,座談小組,全體陪審員(vt.)嵌鑲板


 pan·el /ˈpænḷ/ 名詞



 panel
 面板;畫面;屏面;底板;安裝板 PNL


 panel
 面板 盤


 Pan·el n.
 1. Arch. A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
 2. Law (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole group of persons summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to be selected; also, the jury selected from that group. --Blackstone. (b) Scots Law A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. --Burrill.
 4. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
 5. Joinery A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
 6. Masonry One of the faces of a hewn stone.
 7. Painting A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
 8. Mining (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
 9. Dressmaking A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
 10. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
 11. Aëronautics A segment of an aëroplane wing.  In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
 Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
 Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers by accomplices of the inmates.
 Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc.
 Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.


 Pan·el v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paneled or Panelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paneling or Panelling.] To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
 Paneled back Arch., the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.

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 panel
      n 1: sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or
           component of something
      2: a committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: jury]
      3: (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom
         a jury will be chosen) [syn: venire]
      4: a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan
         or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
      5: a pad placed under a saddle
      6: (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical
         user interface that appears in order to request
         information from the user; after the information has been
         provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or
         `cancel' [syn: dialog box]
      7: electrical device consisting of an insulated panel
         containing switches and dials and meters for controlling
         other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument
         panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
         [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board,
          board]
      v 1: decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood"
      2: select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: empanel,
          impanel]
      [also: panelling, panelled]