英语词汇“fan palm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

fan palm

释义

fan¹ /fan/

noun

A broad, flat instrument, esp used by women to cool themselves, typically in or spreading into the shape of a sector of a circle
A rotating ventilating or blowing apparatus
Any fan-shaped structure, eg a deposit of alluvium
Anything spreading in a fan shape, eg a bird's wing or tail
A propeller screw or propeller blade
A small sail to keep a windmill to the wind
A whale's tail-fluke
A basket formerly used for winnowing corn by throwing it in the wind
Any instrument for winnowing

transitive verb (fann'ing; fanned)

To move by a fan or the like
To direct a current of air upon
To cool or to kindle with, or as if with, a fan
To fire (a non-automatic gun) by pulling back and releasing the hammer with the other hand
To winnow

intransitive verb

To move like a fan
To flutter

ORIGIN: OE fann, from L vannus a basket for winnowing; cf Fr van

fannˈer noun

A fanning apparatus for winnowing, ventilation, etc

fannˈings plural noun

The material strained from tea

fanˈwise adverb

In the manner of a fan

fan belt noun

(in motor vehicles) a continuous belt that drives the alternator and the cooling fan for the radiator

fan dance noun

A solo dance in the nude (or nearly so) in which the performer attempts concealment (or nearly so) by tantalizing manipulation of a fan or fans or a bunch of ostrich, etc feathers

fanˈfold adjective

(of paper) in a continuous strip, scored or perforated so as to fall flat in sections, used for computer print-out

fan heater noun

An electric heater containing a fan that drives out heated air

fanˈ-jet noun

(an aeroplane with) an engine in which air is taken in through a fan and some of it, bypassing compressors, combustion chamber and turbines, is added to the exhaust to increase thrust

fanˈlight noun

A window over a door or another window, orig resembling an open fan in shape
A skylight

fan oven noun

An oven containing a fan that circulates the heated air, making heating uniform and shortening cooking time

fan palm noun

Any palm with palmate or hand-shaped leaves, esp palmetto

fanˈ-shaped adjective

Forming a sector of a circle

fanˈtail noun

A tail shaped like a fan
A variety of domestic pigeon with tail feathers spread out like a fan
A member of various other classes of fantailed birds such as the Australian genus of flycatchers Rhipidura
An artificially bred goldfish with double anal and caudal fins
A feature having parts radiating from a centre (architecture)

adjective

(also fanˈtailed) having a fan-shaped tail
Having parts radiating from a centre (architecture)

fan tracery or fan vaulting noun (architecture)

Tracery rising from a capital or a corbel, and diverging like the folds of a fan over the surface of a vault

fan wheel noun

A wheel with fans on its rim for producing a current of air

fan out

To fan or spread like a fan from a centre

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fan1 /fan/

fan¹ /fan/