FANname

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  rail-transportrailwaystransportThe station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.

Fanname詞源 1

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  A diminutive of Frances.

  • I see now what brings you about our house so much. You want to get hold of Fan and her business and little savings for yourself, do you?
  • Listen, Fan. That cowardly, sickly little boy you fought for in the street, that day in Winnebago, showed every sign of growing up a cowardly, sickly man.

Fanname詞源 2

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  A county of Puyang, Henan, China.

  • In a report boasting of the rich supply of commodities in Fan County of Honan Province , the Peiping Ta Kung Pao of 1 December 1965 pointed out: “ Within 10 days before the autumn festival of this year, the commercial organs in Fan County[...]
  • In a commune in Fanxian county, Henan province, a low-incidence area, two cases of pharyngoesophageal cancer were detected among 11,399 chickens over 6 months of age, showing an incidence rate of 17.55 per 100,000.
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  A surname from Mandarin.

fannoun詞源 1/fæn/

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  A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

  • How apt is the flutter of the fan to express the different affections of the belle: there is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter etc.
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  An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.

  • He didn't switch on the fan because the temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.
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  The action of fanning; agitation of the air.

  • "If I cannot be of service, then I certainly don't wish to impose," said McGinty, with a quick fan of breeze that indicated a sweeping bow.
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  Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.

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  An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.

  • The oxen likewise and the yong asses that eare the ground, shall eate cleane prouender which hath bene winnowed with the shouell and with the fanne.
  • Whose fanne is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floore, and gather his wheat into the garner: but wil burne vp the chaffe with vnquenchable fire.
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  A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.

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  card-gamesgamesA group of overlapping cards exposed in various patience games.

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  mathematicssciencesA section of a tree having a finite number of branches.

fanverb詞源 1/fæn/

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  To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

  • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
  • Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: […]
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  To slap (a behind, especially).

  • Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver^([sic]) her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.
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  To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.

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  To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.

  • I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
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  engineeringfirearmsgovernmentTo perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.

  • To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.
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  To invigorate, like flames when fanned.

  • She comes, to fan my ardour, She kills me with her kisses.
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  To winnow grain.

  • By the first article, these fanning mills were appointed to be sent to the proprietors of the mills of Sault-à-la puce, Petit-Pré, Beauport, Pointe de Lévy, St. Nicolas and Ste. Famille in the isle of Orleans " to have all the wheat in general of whatever quality sent to these mills passed and fanned, before converting them into flour."
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  rail-transportrailwaystransportTo apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.

  • Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.

fannoun詞源 2/fæn/

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  A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

  • I am a big fan of libraries.
  • I am a big fan of cricket.

fannoun詞源 3/fæn/

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  datedA unit of length, equivalent to 0.1 tsun (0.01 chek), or 0.00371475 metres.

  • 1 chek (foot) = 14⅝ English inches divided into 10 tsün (inches) and each tsün into ten fan or tenths.

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