那個鍋
字最原始的一面：實際的容器。
cooking dish · noun · C2
A deep dish with a lid, used for cooking food slowly in an oven.
燉鍋
核心畫面
Picture a deep dish with a heavy lid sitting in a warm oven: meat, vegetables and liquid go in together, the lid goes on, and time does the work. The word names the dish, the food that comes out of it, and the act of cooking that way — the same scene viewed from three angles.
一個有厚蓋子的深鍋，安安靜靜待在烤箱裡；肉、蔬菜和湯汁一起放進去，蓋子蓋上，剩下的交給時間。這個字就是在講這一幕——…更多收起
一個有厚蓋子的深鍋，安安靜靜待在烤箱裡；肉、蔬菜和湯汁一起放進去，蓋子蓋上，剩下的交給時間。這個字就是在講這一幕——只是有時候指那個鍋，有時候指鍋裡端出來的東西，有時候指這種煮法本身。From the word’s history
French casserole originally named the pan itself (a small saucepan/dish); English borrowed the container word and then let it stand for the food cooked in it.
這個字借自法文 casserole，原本指的就是「那個鍋子」（一種小燉鍋、深盤）。英文先借走了容器的名字，之後才讓它連鍋裡煮出來的東西一起代表——所以「鍋」是這個字比較原始的一面，「菜」是後來從鍋子借過去的。
Wiktionary, entry "casserole" (from French casserole, a dish/pan)
Three branches
鍋裡端出來的菜
從鍋子借到內容物：用那個鍋煮出來的東西，就直接用鍋子的名字來叫。
casserole (the food) · noun · C2
Food that is cooked slowly in liquid in a covered dish in the oven, often meat with vegetables.
燉菜
這種煮法
再從名字變成動作：用那個鍋、那個方式去煮。
cook in a casserole · verb · C2
To cook food slowly in liquid in a covered dish in the oven.
燉煮
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
casserolenoun/ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/
- 1
A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
- 2
Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.
- a chicken casserole
- 3
Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.
casseroleverb/ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/
- 1
To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.
- Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。