fan

ファン、支持者

ある人やチーム、活動が大好きな人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who likes a person, team, or activity very much.

• I am a football fan.
• Hundreds of fans waited outside the theater.
• Are you a fan of her latest album?

使い方： fan of someone/something (She is a fan of detective novels.)

類義語： supporter, admirer, enthusiast

よく使う表現： football fan, fan of someone, big fan

扇風機、扇子

人や物を涼しくするために空気を動かす道具や機械。

やさしい英語で： An object or machine that moves air to keep people or things cool.

• Turn on the fan, please.
• She cooled her face with a paper fan.
• The fans kept the room comfortable all afternoon.

よく使う表現： electric fan, ceiling fan, hand fan

扇風機、送風機

回る羽根で空気を動かし、人や機器を冷やす機械。

やさしい英語で： A machine with turning blades that moves air to cool people or equipment.

• The fan is very noisy.
• He switched on the ceiling fan.
• Small fans stop the computers from getting too hot.

類義語： ventilator

よく使う表現： ceiling fan, desk fan, cooling fan

扇子

手に持ってあおぎ、顔に風を送る折り畳み式の道具。

やさしい英語で： A folding object you hold and wave to move air toward your face.

• She opened her paper fan.
• He waved a fan to cool his face.
• The dancers held brightly painted fans.

類義語： hand fan

よく使う表現： folding fan, paper fan, silk fan

あおぐ

物を振るなどして、人や物に風を送ること。

やさしい英語で： To move air toward someone or something, often by waving an object.

• He fanned his face with a hat.
• We fanned the fire until it burned brightly.
• She was fanning the baby gently in the heat.

使い方： fan someone/something with something (She fanned herself with a magazine.)

よく使う表現： fan yourself, fan the flames, fan someone gently

散開する、放射状に広がる

一つの場所から外へ、いくつもの方向に広がったり移動したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To spread or move outward in several directions from one place.

• The searchers fanned out.
• Narrow streets fan out from the main square.
• The police fanned out across the field to look for clues.

使い方： fan out across/through something (The rescuers fanned out across the hillside.); fan out from something (Several paths fan out from the gate.)

類義語： spread out, disperse

反対語： converge

よく使う表現： fan out, fan out across, fan out from