| 单词 | fanned |
| 释义 | fanned (once / 1967 pages) adj Things that are fanned have the spread-out, winglike shape of an open fan. A peacock's fanned tail feathers are pretty spectacular to see. You might browse through fanned scarves on a table at a craft fair, or choose one from the fanned playing cards that a magician offers you. In either case, the things that are fanned are spread out and shaped like a fan. The adjective fanned comes from the verb fan, which gained the meaning "spread like a hand-held fan" in the late 16th century, when hand-held fans were quite common. WORD FAMILYfan: fandom, fanlike, fanned, fanning, fans+/fandom: fandoms USAGE EXAMPLES“Fears are being fanned, and people are so angry with each other.” Time(Jan 01, 2017) Our next president’s showing He is vulgar, unknowing, And the danger is growing; Flames of hatred are fanned. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) He picked up an old newspaper and fanned himself for a while, then swatted at some flies. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) adj especially spread in a fan shape the peacock's fanned tail Syn spread-out distributed spread out or scattered about or divided up |
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