fanning
扇动,扇形,煽情,扇风
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Definitions
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- : any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- : an implement of feathers, leaves, paper, cloth, etc., often in the shape of a long triangle or of a semicircle, for waving lightly in the hand to create a cooling current of air about a person: We sat on the veranda, cooling ourselves with palm-leaf fans.
- : anything resembling such an implement, as the tail of a bird.
- : any of various devices consisting essentially of a series of radiating vanes or blades attached to and revolving with a central hublike portion to produce a current of air: ceiling fan; wall fan.
- : a series of revolving blades supplying air for winnowing or cleaning grain.
- : Horology. fly.
- : a semicircular decoration of bunting.
- : Physical Geography. an alluvial fan.
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fanned, fan·ning.
Phrases
- fan the flames
- shit will hit the fan
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
If your friend isn’t a fan of having their hands reduced to tongs, you can always give them a pair of four-layer gloves with mobile-friendly material lining on the index finger and thumbs.
That brings me to “Telepathy” and “Stay,” both tracks that deal with the band missing their fans by converting their loneliness into peppy optimism.
Wherever Supernatural’s legacy goes from here, the road so far has clearly been a unique one — and the fans who’ve walked it this far will make sure it’s not over yet.
This week, Hermine, the last person of color competing this season, was eliminated in the semi-finals, but fans say baker Laura’s performance has not been adequate enough to make it to the finals.
As a Def Leppard fan, Beth Murdock didn’t expect to like Korean pop.
Diane Lane is in it playing my wife, Elle Fanning plays my daughter, and Michael Stuhlbarg will play Edward G. Robinson.
Nobody wins, but the professional partisans get to pocket cash by fanning the flames.
She likes what she sees: a pretty, happy, kindly girl who closely resembles Elle Fanning.
The actors stayed in the same motel, and Eisenberg and Fanning drove to work each day.
Fanning, ever the old soul, returned the gestures by knitting the veteran actors scarves.
Before we had all fired, Fanning and a dozen of his sharpest men had again loaded, and were by our side.
Fanning and Wharton were to make head against the infantry and cavalry.