1
- an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation风扇; 鼓风机; 换气扇。
2
- a device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is held in the hand and waved so as to cool the person holding it by causing the air to move折扇, 扇子。
2.1
- a thing or shape resembling such a device when open扇形物。
2.2
- an alluvial or talus deposit spread out in such a shape at the foot of a slope（山坡脚下的（地带）。
2.3
- a small sail for keeping the head of a windmill towards the wind（使风车头迎风的）风叶。
(fanned, fanning)
1
- with obj. cool (especially a person or a part of the body) by waving something to create a current of air扇：
he fanned himself with his hat.
他用帽子给自己打扇。
1.1
- (of breath or a breeze) blow gently on（呼吸, 微风）吹拂：
his breath fanned her skin as he leant towards her.
他在向她俯身过去时鼻息吹拂着她的肌肤。
1.2
- with obj. and adverbial of direction cause (air or smoke) to move by blowing it吹动, 扇动（空气, 烟）：
I lit a cigarette and fanned smoke through my nostrils.
我点了一支香烟, 然后让烟从鼻孔中喷出来。
1.3
- with obj. and adverbial of direction brush or drive away with a waving movement驱散; 扇走：
a veil of smoke which she fanned away with a jewelled hand.
她用戴着宝石的手拂开的一阵烟雾。
1.4
- no obj. Baseball & Ice Hockey, N. Amer. swing unsuccessfully at the ball or puck【棒球, 冰球】〈北美〉击球不中。
1.5
- Baseball, N. Amer. strike out (a batter)【棒球】〈北美〉使（击球手）三击不中出局。
2
- with obj. increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it扇（火）：
fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly.
大火借助东风迅速蔓延开来。
2.1
- cause (a belief or emotion) to become stronger or more widespread激起; 煽动（信念, 情绪）：
a fury fanned by press coverage.
新闻报道激起的怒火。
3
- no obj. disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area扩散, 辐射：
the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings.
到达的旅客开始在城里散开, 寻找住处。
3.1
- (especially of a folded garment or other item made of cloth) spread out or cause to spread out into a semicircular shape（使）（折叠的衣物, 其他布制品）呈半圆形展开：
no obj. a dress made of tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked她走路时飘起的一条百褶连衣裙
with obj. a wind fanned her hair out behind her.微风吹撒开她脑后的秀发。
派生词
fan-like
adjectivefanner
noun词源
Old English fann (as a noun denoting a device for winnowing grain), fannian (verb), from Latin vannus 'winnowing fan'. Compare with VANE.