Word · Frequency #1905
fans
扇；给…扇风；扇走
fans is the third person singular of fan.
To blow air on (something) using a fan, or to drive something away by fanning.
- 1.
To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
扇风
- 2.
To slap (a behind, especially).
拍打(屁股)
- 3.
To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
呈扇形展开
- 4.
To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
扇走
- 5.
To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
扇动击锤
- 6.
To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
煽动
- 7.
To winnow grain.
- 8.
To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
- 9.
To strike out.
- 10.
To strike out (a batter).
- 11.
To fail to properly shoot or pass the puck.
呈扇形展开；散开；煽动；激起；三振出局；使三振出局；打（屁股）；拍（屁股）；簸（谷物）；扬（谷）
In use
She fanned herself with a magazine to cool down.
The article fanned the flames of controversy.
The crowd fanned out across the square.
fan sb/sth
The politician fanned the crowd's anger.
那位政客煽动了人群的愤怒。
fan sth into sth
The wind fanned the small flame into a huge fire.
风把小火焰扇成了大火。
fan oneself
She fanned herself with a magazine.
她用一本杂志给自己扇风。
Connections
Collocations
- fan yourself
- 给自己扇风
- She sat on the porch fanning herself with a hand fan.她坐在门廊上，用手扇给自己扇风。
- fan the flames
- 煽风点火；激化情绪
- The politician's speech fanned the flames of public anger.这位政客的演讲激起了公众的愤怒。
- fan out
- 呈扇形散开
- The search party fanned out across the forest.搜救队在森林里呈扇形散开。
- fan the fire
- 给火扇风；把火扇旺
- He knelt and fanned the fire until the wood caught.他跪下来给火扇风，直到木头烧起来。
- fan away
- 扇走；扇开
- She fanned away the smoke with a plate.她用盘子把烟扇走了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：手拿扇子(fan)扇风，风从一点呈扇形散开，把热气和火星扇走、煽起火焰——记住“扇、散、煽”三个含义。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述 作动词时通常指引风吹向某物，或指事物呈扇形展开；口语中也可较随意地表示拍打屁股。日常使用时语气一般自然直接，正式程度不高。
Grammar Note
fan作及物动词时意为'煽动，吹拂'，作不及物动词时意为'飘动，成扇形散开'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the /æn/ ending with fan /fæn/, so they rhyme: man /mæn/, plan /plæn/, can /kæn/, ran /ræn/, pan /pæn/, van /væn/. Beware lookalikes such as fang /fæŋ/, fame /feɪm/, and swan /swɒn/ (or /swɑːn/) that do not rhyme with fan.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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