1 somebody who admires and is very enthusiastic about a sport, a film star, a singer, etc (运动、影星、歌手等的)迷,仰慕者,拥护者:
football fans足球迷He's a Van Morrison fan.他很崇拜范˙莫里森。fan mail (= letters from fans to the person they admire)仰慕者来信
2 a machine with parts that turn around very quickly to create a current of cool or warm air 风扇:
an electric fan电扇a fan heater(用风扇吹送热空气的)风扇加热器
3 an object in the shape of a half-circle made of paper, feathers, etc that you wave in your hand to create a current of cool air 扇子
fan²
/fæn ||; fæn/verb
[T] (fanning;fanned)
1 to make air blow on sb/sth by waving a fan¹(3), your hand, etc in the air 扇(风):
She used a newspaper to fan her face.她用报纸给自己脸上扇风。
2 to make a fire burn more strongly by blowing on it 把火扇旺:
The strong wind really fanned the flames.强风把火扇旺了。
fan out to spread out 散开;分散:
The police fanned out across the field.警察向田野四周散开。
fan1/fæn; fæn/n [C] 1 someone who likes something such as a sport, type of music, or singer very much 迷﹔狂热爱好者﹔狂热仰慕者: football/film/rock etc fan Thousands of football fans filled the stadium. 成千上万名足球迷挤满了体育场。+of He was a big fan of Elvis Presley. 他是埃尔维斯∙普雷斯利(猫王)的忠实歌迷。2 a machine, or a thing that you wave with your hand, that cools you by making the air move 风扇﹔扇子
fan2v [T] fanned , fanning to make air move by waving a fan, piece of paper etc 给…搧(风): She fanned herself with a magazine. 她用一本杂志给自己搧凉。fan out phr v if a group of people fan out, they walk forwards while spreading over a wide area〔一群人〕成扇形散开前进: The soldiers fanned out across the moor. 士兵呈扇形散开前进﹐穿过了荒野。
fanfanfansfannedfanning2verb (fans, fanning, fanned)to make somebody or something cooler by moving the air: I fanned my face with the newspaper.fanfanfans1noun1a person who likes somebody or something, for example a singer or a sport, very much: She was a big fan of the Beatles.football fans2a thing that moves the air to make you cooler: an electric fan