| 单词 | fan out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fan out a. trans. Naut. To widen. Also, to fan out (see quot. 1871). ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. Fanning, the technical phrase for breadthening the after part of the tops. Also, widening in general. 1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 167/2 Fanning Out..spreading out the upper part of the paper somewhat in the resemblance of a fan. to fan out b. intr. for refl. to fan out: to expand in rays, to assume a fan-like shape. Also fig. and (U.S.) to make a display. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > be spread out outspreada1425 expand1575 flare1579 to fan out1592 dispread1596 deploy1796 to open out1818 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 11, A prodigious winged vaughting horse..his wings fanning out. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) To Fan out, to make a show at an examination. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life Turner I. 314 What Orient splendour of colour, fanning out far beyond towards Ithaca. 1926 Hutchinson's Best Story Mag. Nov. 59/1 His black tangle of beard, fanning over his knees ruffled in the wind. 1943 F. S. Herman Dynamite Cargo xi. 95 The warship screen fanned out and closed in. 1962 Times 25 Apr. 16/6 There fan out from the incident..not changes of attitude..but a series of comments on the nature of priestly vocation. 1965 Electronics Weekly 1 Dec. 17/5 Generating stations..interconnected by..transmission feeders fanning out to reach principal load centres. < as lemmas |
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