Fanning[
'fæniŋ]
n. 通

(

通

器

尘,形

气流,

扇形展

)
v. 吹

- My boss is a football fan.


司
位足球
。 - Pop stars are always moaning about being mobbed by their fans.
流
歌星总
抱怨
受
歌

围。

Fan \Fan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fanning}.] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See {Fan}, n., {Van}
a winnowing machine.]
1. To move as with a fan.
The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
--Milton.
2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow
the air on the face of with a fan.
3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
--Dryden.
4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a
current of air; as, to fan wheat. --Jer. li. 2.
5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a
flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the
excitement of the populace.
{Fanning machine}, or {Fanning mill}, a machine for
separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a
fanner.