fan

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fæn/|/fan/|/faːn/    美 /fæn/|/fæːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
  2. A unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres. Hong-Kong,dated
    — 1 chek (foot) = 14⅝ English inches divided into 10 tsün (inches) and each tsün into ten fan or tenths.
  3. A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
    — I am a big fan of libraries.
  4. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
    — He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.
  5. The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
    — "If I cannot be of service, then I certainly don't wish to impose," said McGinty, with a quick fan of breeze that indicated a sweeping bow.
  6. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
  7. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
    — The oxen likewise and the yong asses that eare the ground, shall eate cleane prouender which hath bene winnowed with the shouell and with the fanne.
  8. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
  9. A group of overlapping cards exposed in various patience games.
  10. A section of a tree having a finite number of branches.
动词 v.
  1. To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. transitive
    — We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
  2. To slap (a behind, especially). transitive
    — Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver^([sic]) her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.
  3. To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan. intransitive
  4. To dispel by waving a hand-held fan. transitive
    — I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
  5. To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun. transitive
    — To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.
  6. To invigorate, like flames when fanned. figuratively
    — She comes, to fan my ardour, She kills me with her kisses.
  7. To winnow grain.
    — By the first article, these fanning mills were appointed to be sent to the proprietors of the mills of Sault-à-la puce, Petit-Pré, Beauport, Pointe de Lévy, St. Nicolas and Ste. Famille in the isle of Orleans " to have all the wheat in general of whatever quality sent to these mills passed and fanned, before converting them into flour."
  8. To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession. transitive
    — Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.
  9. To strike out. intransitive
  10. To strike out (a batter). transitive
  11. To fail to properly shoot or pass the puck. intransitive

词形变化

fans plural fans present,singular,third-person fanning participle,present fanned participle,past fanned past fans plural fen colloquial,plural fan plural

词汇关系

近义词
admirer aficionado buff connoisseur enthusiast devotee maniac fan fanatic fancier fancy fiend freak geek junkie partisan rooter zealot
反义词
anti-fan hater
上位词
follower person
下位词
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衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Cognates
*Latin ventus (“wind”)
*Dutch wan (“winnowing basket”)
*German Wanne (“winnowing basket”)
*Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”)
*Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”).
More at winnow.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin fānāticuslbor.
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French fanatiqueinflu.
English fanatic
English fancyinflu.
English fan
Clipping of fanatic, originally in US baseball slang. Possibly influenced by fancy (“group of sport or hobby enthusiasts”), i.e. fancy boy (“fan”).
词源 3
From Cantonese 分. Doublet of fen and hoon.
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