The flashcard defines 'fan' with multiple meanings and uses. It can refer to an admirer of someone or something, a device with blades that creates airflow (like an electric fan), or a handheld object waved to cool oneself. It can also be used as a verb meaning to move air, to make a fire burn stronger, or to stir up emotions, and as part of phrasal verbs like 'fan out'.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]迷(尤指对某位名人或某项体育运动极为喜爱和感兴趣的人) If you are a fan of someone or something, especially a famous person or a sport, you like them very much and are very interested in them.
[usu n N]
If you're a Billy Crystal fan, you'll love this movie...
如果你是比利·克里斯托的影迷，你会喜爱这部影片。
As a boy he was a Manchester United fan...
小时候，他是曼联队的球迷。
I am a great fan of rave music.
我是锐舞狂欢乐的狂热乐迷。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]扇子 A fan is a flat object that you hold in your hand and wave in order to move the air and make yourself feel cooler.
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[VERB 动词]给…扇风 If you fan yourself or your face when you are hot, you wave a fan or other flat object in order to make yourself feel cooler.
[V pron-refl]
[V n]
She would have to wait in the truck, fanning herself with a piece of cardboard...
她只得在卡车里等着，用一块纸板给自己扇风。
Mo kept bringing me out refreshments and fanning me as it was that hot.
天气太热了，莫不停地给我拿饮料出来，还拿扇子给我扇风。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]电扇；风扇 A fan is a piece of electrical or mechanical equipment with blades that go round and round. It keeps a room or machine cool or gets rid of unpleasant smells.
[oft supp N]
He cools himself in front of an electric fan.
他在电扇前让自己凉快些。
...an extractor fan.
排风扇
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]扇形 You can describe anything that has the shape of a wide 'V' with a curved part above it as a fan .
...its fan of tail feathers.
它扇形的尾羽
...a conservatory with an ornate fan-shaped roof.
有华丽扇形屋顶的温室
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[VERB 动词]把(火)扇旺；把(火)吹旺 If you fan a fire, you wave something flat next to it in order to make it burn more strongly. If a wind fans a fire, it blows on it and makes it burn more strongly.
[V n]
Kneeling in front of the open hearth, old Maria was fanning the smoldering fire...
老玛丽亚跪在壁炉前的空地上，扇着闷燃的炉火。
During the afternoon, hot winds fan the flames.
下午，热风使火苗越燃越旺。
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[VERB 动词](故意)煽动，激发(恐惧、仇恨、热情等) If someone fans an emotion such as fear, hatred, or passion, they deliberately do things to make people feel the emotion more strongly.
[V n]
He said students were fanning social unrest with their violent protests.
他说学生们的暴力抗议会煽动起社会动乱。
...economic problems which often fan hatred.
那些常常煽起仇恨的经济问题
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to fan the flames→see:
flame
； the shit hit the fan→see:
shit
；
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]四散；散开 If a group of people or things fan out, they move forwards away from a particular point in different directions.
[V P]
The main body of British, American, and French troops had fanned out to the west...
英、美、法部队的主力已经向西面散开。
We fanned out from the farmhouse in twos and threes.
我们三三两两从农舍散去。
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[PHRASAL VERB-ERG ](使)展开(或打开)成圆形(或半圆形) If something fans out, or if you fan it out, it spreads out or opens out into the shape of a circle or half circle.
[V P]
[V P n (not pron)]
[V-ed P]
[Also V n P]
She suddenly raised her arms and spun, so the dress's full skirt fanned out in a bright circle...
她突然举起双臂旋转起来，连衣裙的裙身呈圆形完全展开，明艳照人。
Korontzis picked up his hand slowly and fanned out the cards one by one...
科龙奇斯慢慢抬起手，一张一张地把牌展开。
She lay on her back, her black hair fanned out over the pillow.
她仰面倒下，她的黑发披散在枕头上。
相关词组：
fan out
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fan★/fæn; NAmEfæn/
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fanfansfannedfanningnoun★ _fans.jpg _fan.jpg 1★a person who admires sb/sth or enjoys watching or listening to sb/sth very much 迷；狂热爱好者；狂热仰慕者◆movie fans电影迷◆crowds of football fans一群群足球迷◆a big fan of Madonna麦当娜的狂热仰慕者◆fan mail(= letters from fans to the person they admire)狂热仰慕者的来信2★a machine with blades that go round to create a current of air 风扇◆to switch on the electric fan开电扇◆a fan heater风扇式加热器☞see also
extractor
(1 )3a thing that you hold in your hand and wave to create a current of cool air 扇子IDIOMsee
shit
n.verb(-nn-)1fansb/sth/yourself to make air blow onto sb/sth by waving a fan, your hand, etc. 扇（风）◆He fanned himself with a newspaper to cool down.他用一张报纸给自己扇凉。2fansth to make a fire burn more strongly by blowing on it 扇，吹（使火更旺）◆Fanned by a westerly wind, the fire spread rapidly through the city.火借助西风迅速蔓延全城。3fansth ( literary) to make a feeling, an attitude, etc. stronger 煽起；激起SYN
fuel
◆His reluctance to answer her questions simply fanned her curiosity.他不爽快地回答她的问题，这就激起了她的好奇心。IDIOMfan the ˈflames (of sth)to make a feeling such as anger, hatred, etc. worse 煽风点火；煽动（情绪）◆His writings fanned the flames of racism.他的写作煽起了种族主义情绪。PHRASAL VERBˌfan ˈout | ˌfan sth↔ˈoutto spread out or spread sth out over an area （使）展开，散开，成扇形散开◆The police fanned out to surround the house.警察散开包围了这座房子。◆The bird fanned out its tail feathers.这只鸟把尾羽展成扇形。fan/fæn; NAmEfæn/
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fan1 noun
fan2 verb
fanfan1 /fæn/ ●●●S3W2 noun [countable]
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1someone who likes a particular sport or performing art very much, or who admires a famous person: Groups of football fans began heading towards the ground.fan of He’s a big fan of Elvis Presley.fan mail/letters (=letters sent to famous people by their fans)2a)a machine with turning blades that is used to cool the air in a room by moving it around: a ceiling fanb)a flat object that you wave with your hand which makes the air coolerCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + fana football/tennis/baseball etc fan· Jack is a keen football fan.a music/jazz/rock etc fan· Jazz fans are in for a treat at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival.a film/movie fan· This book is a must for all film fans.a Manchester United/Redsox/Colts etc fan· Manchester United fans were delighted with their team’s victory.a Rolling Stones/Kylie Minogue etc fan· Mike has been a lifelong Kylie Minogue fan.a big/huge/massive fan· Elizabeth is a massive fan of Elton John.a devoted fan (=a strong supporter or admirer)· Devoted fans from all over the country have travelled to the concert.a loyal fan (=fans who always support someone)· He will be playing to hundreds of loyal fans on Sunday.adoring fans (=fans who like and admire someone very much)· She’s mobbed by adoring fans wherever she goes.somebody’s number one fan· She told Dave that she was his number one fan.rival/opposing/opposition fans (=fans who support different teams competing against each other)· There were fights between rival fans outside the stadium.home fans (=fans at their own team’s sports field)· The home fans cheered the team onto the pitch.away fans (=fans visiting another team’s sports field)· Two sections of the ground had been allocated to away fans.fan + NOUNfan mail· The group receives lots of fan mail.a fan club· Her fan club has 25,000 members in the UK alone.fan base (=the people who are someone’s biggest fans)· The band has built up a loyal fan base over the years.verbsfans cheer/applaud (somebody/something)· Fans on both sides applauded their skill and spirit.fans boo (somebody/something)· Their own fans booed them off the pitch.fans chant something· England fans chanted his name.disappoint fans· The concert was cancelled, disappointing hundreds of fans.
fan1 noun
fan2 verb
fanfan2 ●○○ verb [transitive] (past tense and past participle fanned, present participle fanning)
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1to make air move around by waving a fan, piece of paper etc so that you feel coolerfan yourself People in the audience were fanning themselves with their programmes.2 literary to make someone feel an emotion more stronglySYN fuel: Her resistance only fanned his desire.fan the flames (of something) The book will serve to fan the flames of debate.3fan a fire/flame etc to make a fire burn more strongly by blowing or moving the air near it: The wind rose, fanning a few sparks in the brush.fan out phrasal verb1if a group of people fan out, they walk forwards while spreading over a wide area2 fan something ↔ out to spread out a group of things that you are holding so that they make a half-circle: Fan the cards out, then pick one.3if something such as hair or clothing fans out, it spreads out in many directions