fan out
fan out — 片語動詞
- fan outbase form
- fans out3rd person singular
- fanning out-ing form
- fanned outpast simple
1. when people or things that were together move away from each other and go in dif
散開；攤開
從中心向四周分散或展開
when people or things that were together move away from each other and go in different directions across a space; also used when someone spreads objects out so they lie flat or cover a wider area
At dawn, the search party fanned out across the forest.
黎明時分，搜救隊在森林中散開搜索。
intransitive: search party + fanned out across [area]
The children fanned out across the playground as soon as the bell rang.
鈴聲一響，孩子們就在操場上四散開來。
The librarian fanned the old maps out on the long wooden table.
圖書館員把舊地圖攤開在長木桌上。
Firefighters fanned out through the building, checking each room for smoke.
消防隊員在建築物內分散行動，逐一檢查每個房間有無煙霧。
A group of tourists fanned out along the beach to take photos.
一群遊客沿著沙灘散開拍照。
- spread out
more general and common; can be used for both physical and abstract spreading
- scatter
suggests less control and more randomness; often implies people or things go in many directions without a plan
- disperse
more formal; often describes a crowd breaking up or moving away
文法句型
fan out + across/through/over/along + [area]
fan + object + out (e.g. fan the papers out)
用法筆記
Commonly used with group subjects (police, firefighters, search teams, crowds). The transitive form often involves flat objects such as papers, maps, or playing cards. Short objects usually come between 'fan' and 'out' (fan the cards out); longer noun phrases follow the particle (fan out the documents across the desk). This phrasal verb is always physical — it is not used for abstract spreading (e.g. of ideas or influence).