Phrase
fan out
呈扇形散开；成扇形展开
to spread out into the shape of a fan
- 1.
To spread out into the shape of a fan.
展开成扇形
展开成扇形；(使)分散；展开
In use
The search party began to fan out across the forest to look for the lost hiker.
The police ordered the crowd to fan out and search the area.
When the team arrives, they will fan out to cover more ground.
fan out
不及物用法，表示人员或物体向不同方向散开。
The crowd fanned out.
人群散开了。
fan + noun + out
及物用法，名词可置于fan和out之间，表示将某物扇形展开。
He fanned the documents out on his desk.
他把文件扇形展开在桌子上。
fan out + direction/location
常与across, through, into等介词连用，表示散开的具体方向或范围。
The rescuers fanned out across the mountain.
救援人员分散到山上。
Verb forms
base fan out · third person fans out · -ing fanning out · past fanned out · past participle fanned out
规则动词短语；变位时只变化动词部分，保留介词 out。
Common mistakes
He fanned the cards on the table.He fanned out the cards on the table.
当表示'使分散、展开'时，必须使用短语动词 'fan out'。只用 'fan' 通常表示'扇风'，意思完全不同。
The soldiers fanned out the field.The soldiers fanned out across the field.
'Fan out' 描述人员或物体分散时是不及物动词，不能直接接地点名词。需使用介词（如 across、over）引导地点。
Connections
Confusing words
- spread out
- 散开，展开 · fan out 特指呈扇形展开，而 spread out 更泛指散开，不强调形状。
- disperse
- 分散，消散 · fan out 通常指有组织地扇形展开，而 disperse 指随机散开或消散。
Word family
- fans out
- third person singular
- fanned out
- past, past participle
- fanning out
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.