Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pancake
Pancake
pancake
n. & v. --n. 1 a thin flat cake of batter usu. fried and turned in a pan and rolled up with a filling. 2 a flat cake of make-up etc. --v. 1 intr. make a pancake landing. 2 tr. cause (an aircraft) to pancake. Phrases and idioms flat as a pancake completely flat. Pancake Day Shrove Tuesday (on which pancakes are traditionally eaten). pancake landing an emergency landing by an aircraft with its undercarriage still retracted, in which the pilot attempts to keep the aircraft in a horizontal position throughout. Etymology: ME f. PAN(1) + CAKE
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I. noun Date: 14th century a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides, II. verb (~d; pancaking) Date: 1911 intransitive verb to make a ~ landing, transitive verb to cause to ~, to knock flat ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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