| 单词 | fan |
| 释义 | fan 1. n. & v. --n 1. an apparatus, usu. with rotating blades, giving a current of air for ventilation etc. 2. a device, usu. folding and forming a semicircle when spread out, for agitating the air to cool oneself. 3. anything spread out like a fan, e.g. a bird's tail or kind of ornamental vaulting (fan tracery). 4. a device for winnowing grain. 5. a fan-shaped deposit of alluvium esp. where a stream begins to descend a gentler slope. 6. a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind. --v (fanned, fanning) 1. tr. a blow a current of air on, with or as with a fan. b agitate (the air) with a fan. 2. tr. (of a breeze) blow gently on; cool. 3. tr. a winnow (grain). b winnow away (chaff). 4. tr. sweep away by or as by the wind from a fan. 5. intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by out) spread out in the shape of a fan. Phrases and idioms fan belt a belt that drives a fan to cool the radiator in a motor vehicle. fan dance a dance in which the dancer is (apparently) nude and partly concealed by fans. fan heater an electric heater in which a fan drives air over an element. fan-jet = TURBOFAN. fan palm a palm-tree with fan-shaped leaves. Derivatives fanlike adj. fanner n. Etymology: OE fann (in sense 4 of n.) f. L vannus winnowing-fan 2. n. a devotee of a particular activity, performer, etc. (film fan; football fan). Phrases and idioms fan club an organized group of devotees. fan mail letters from fans. Derivatives fandom n. Etymology: abbr. of FANATIC |
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