vt.

1. 細看；審視[（+for）]
   His mother scanned his face to see if he was telling the truth.

   他母親察看他的面色看他是不是在講真話。

2. 【美】粗略地看；瀏覽
   I scanned Time magazine while waiting at the doctor's office.

   在醫生的診所等的時候，我翻看時代雜誌。

   He scanned the headlines of the evening paper.

   他瀏覽晚報的大標題。

3. 標出（詩）的格律；按韻律吟誦
4. （用電子儀等）校驗（磁帶等）
5. （雷達光束等）掃描，掃掠[（+for）]
   The photo-electric reader is capable of scanning characters at the rate of two thousand a second.

   光電閱讀器每秒鐘能掃描兩千字。

vi.

1. （詩）符合格律，韻律合拍
   These lines do not scan.

   這幾行詩不合韻律。

2. 標出詩的格律
3. 掃描，掃掠

n.[U][S1]

1. 細看；審視
2. 粗略一看；瀏覽
3. 眼界，視野
4. 掃描，掃掠
   The second scan revealed a brain tumor.

   第二次掃描顯示出一個腦瘤。

v.

1. look at quickly in order to identify relevant features or information.
2. traverse with a detector or an electromagnetic beam, especially to obtain an image.
   ▸cause (a beam) to traverse across a surface or object.
   ▸resolve (a picture) into its elements of light and shade in a prearranged pattern for the purposes of television transmission.
   ▸convert (a document or picture) into digital form for storage or processing on a computer.
3. analyse the metre of (a line of verse) by reading with appropriate intonation or by examining the pattern of feet or syllables.
   ▸(of verse) conform to metrical principles.

n.

1. an act of scanning.
2. a medical examination using a scanner.
   ▸an image obtained by scanning or with a scanner.