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fan1/fæn/ n. & v.●n. 1 an apparatus, usu. with rotating blades, giving a current of air for ventilation etc. 风扇 2 a device, usu. folding and forming a semicircle when spread out, for agitating the air to cool oneself 折扇，扇子 3 anything spread out like a fan, e.g. a bird's tail or kind of ornamental vaulting 扇状物(如鸟的尾部或装饰用扇形穹顶) fan tracery 扇形花格 4 a device for winnowing grain 簸箕；扬谷机 5 a fan-shaped deposit of alluvium, esp. where a stream begins to descend a gentler slope (尤指河流平缓斜坡的)冲积扇；淤积扇 6 a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind (使风车头部朝风的)小翼板 ●v. (fanned, fanning) 1 tr.a blow a current of air on, with or as with a fan 扇 b agitate (the air) with a fan 扇动(空气) 2 tr. (of a breeze) blow gently on; cool (微风)吹拂；使变凉 3 tr.a winnow (grain) 扬(或簸) (谷物) b winnow away (chaff) 扬去(或簸去) (谷壳等) 4 tr. sweep away by or as by the wind from a fan 扇掉，扇走 5 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 out) spread out in the shape of a fan 展成扇形 □ fanlike adj.□ fanner n. 扇风者；鼓风机；通风机；扬谷机 [Old English fann (in sense 4 of n.) from Latin vannus ‘winnowingfan’] |