panel: [13] Etymologically, a panel is nothing more than a ‘small pane’. It comes via Old French from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, a diminutive form of Latin pannus ‘rag’ (source of English pane [13]). Both panel and pane entered English with their original ‘cloth’ connotations intact, but they have now virtually died out, surviving only in the compound counterpane (which is actually an alteration of an earlier counterpoint), and ‘shape’ has taken over from ‘substance’ as the word’s key semantic feature. => pane
panel (n.)
early 14c., from Old French panel "piece of cloth, piece, saddle cushion" (Modern French panneau), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus "piece of cloth" (see pane). Anglo-French legalese sense of "piece of parchment (cloth) listing jurors" led by late 14c. to meaning "jury." General sense of "persons called on to advise, judge, discuss," etc. is from 1570s. Sense of "distinct part of surface of a wall, door, etc." is first recorded c. 1600.
panel (v.)
mid-15c., "to empanel," from panel (n.). From 1630s as "to furnish (a room) with panels." Related: Paneled; paneling; panelling.
实用例句
1. All objects are vetted by a distinguished panel of experts.
所有物品都交由一个著名的专家小组检查鉴定。
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2. The panel'sdecisions are secret and not binding on the government.
专家小组的决定是秘密的，对政府不具有约束力。
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3. He was not listed under his real name on the residents panel.
他未以真名在居民名册上登记。
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4. He set up a three-man panel to advise him.
他成立了一个三人小组为他出谋划策。
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5. Frances decided to conceal the machine behind a hinged panel.
