| 单词 | peacock fan |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeacock fan peacock fan n. a fan made or trimmed with peacocks' feathers; a fan shape resembling the erect feathers of a peacock. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fan > hand-held or portable > other types of punkah1663 colmar1727 peacock fan1853 feather-fan1864 blow-george1873 uchiwa1877 1853 W. M. Thackeray Let. 11 Mar. (1946) III. 236 At most of the tables there are a couple of these pretty little imps with great peacock-fans brushing the flies away. 1923 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 43 407 The picture represents an emaciated male figure seated on the terrace of a palace with one female attendant with a peacock fan, behind him, and a male visitor before him. 1992 New Yorker 20 Jan. 8/2 Perhaps the crowd's King's Road-circa-1977 demeanor—peacock-fan Mohawks, pierced body parts that would make a savage cringe—gave the young woman pause. < as lemmas |
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