fathom

英['fæðəm]美['fæðəm]
  • n. 英寻（=6英尺)
  • vi. 测量深度
  • vt. 彻底了解；测深

    • 记忆方法

    采编自网络
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      noun(名词)
      1. 英寻（测量水深单位，合1.8米或6英尺）
      verb(动词)
      1. 弄清;理解
      2. 了解;明白

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 英寻（测量水深单位，合1.8米或6英尺）
    verb(动词)
    1. 弄清;理解

      For years people have been trying to fathom (out) the mysteries of the whale's song.

      多年来人们一直试图弄清鲸鱼歌声之谜。

    2. 了解;明白

      I can't fathom her at all.

      我一点儿也搞不懂她。

    小知识

    To fathom something is to understand it thoroughly. It's usually used in the negative, as in “I can't fathom why he doesn't want to go along with us.”

    Fathom is from Middle English fadme, from Old English f?thm, “outstretched arms.” The Old English and modern English noun also refers to a unit of length used to measure the depth of water. The sense of intellectual depth comes from that meaning — to understand or fathom something thoroughly is “to get to the bottom of it.”

    实用短语

    1. fathom line

      等深线,测量索,测量线,等〕?线

    2. fathom-lord karathress

      深水领主卡拉塞斯,深水领主卡拉瑟雷斯,径深领主卡拉瑟斯,深渊之王卡拉萨瑞斯

    3. death's fathom

      死亡深度

    4. fathom studios

      作为测深工作室,作为测深事情室

    5. full fathom five

      海神的召唤

    6. fathom scale

      测深比例尺,标深尺

    7. fathom curve

      水深线,等深线

    8. per intaken piled fathom

      每装船堆积寻,每堆积拓

    9. echo-fathom

      回声测深

    单词用法

    短语动词
    短语动词 fathom out 对…百思不得其解

    同义词

    vt.测深度,测量

    gauge  /  sound  /  plumb  /  measure

    vt.看穿,理解

    comprehend  /  understand  /  follow  /  grasp

    其他释义

    grasp  /  understand  /  comprehend  /  follow  /  sense  /  measure  /  gauge

    同根词

    词根：fathom

    adj.

    fathomable看得透的；可测明深度的；可了解的