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fathom
时间: 2023-09-18 17:24:06
高中雅思GRE
英 [ˈfæðəm]
美 [ˈfæðəm]

n. 英寻

v. 深刻理解;彻底弄清;测量的深度

双语例句
  • The lake in this area is 10 fathoms deep.

    这个地区的湖有10英寻深。

  • Many scientists want to fathom the mysteries of the Bermuda Delta.

    许多科学家想要去弄清百慕大三角洲的奥秘。

  • Scientists plan to fathom the lake.

    科学家打算测量这个湖的深度。

  • It is hard to fathom the pain he went through.

    这很难让人理解他所承受的痛苦

  • I can't even fathom the amount of pressure she must be under.

    我甚至无法想象她承受的压力有多大。

  • A sea kayaker navigates the rocks around Flowerpot Island in Ontario's Fathom Five National Marine Park.

    在安大略省的五英寻国家海洋公园里,一名海上皮划艇运动员在花盆岛周围的岩石间穿行。

  • We're trying to fathom out what's going on.

    我们正在努力弄清楚发生了什么事。

  • He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.

    他弄不清这个男人的意思。

  • I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about.

    我真的不明白斯坦纳在说什么。

  • It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.

    丧子之痛是难以体会的。

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词根 fathom

  • fathomable adj. 看得透的;可测明深度的;可了解的

百科

中文名称《跳伞铿锵》,导演LeslieH.Martinson。

释义
n.

a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 metres), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water

英寻(长度单位,等于6英尺或1.8米,主要用于指水的深度)

  • sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms.

    声呐显示我们的深度为18英寻。

v.

[usu. with negative]understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought

深刻理解,彻底弄清(难题或神秘的人)

  • the locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity

    当地人说什么也弄不懂他新近暴富的原因

  • [with clause]he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious.

    他搞不懂她为什么这么焦急。

measure the depth of (water)

测量(水)的深度

  • an attempt to fathom the ocean.

    测量海洋深度的尝试。

词源

"Old English fæthm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vadem, vaam and German Faden ‘six feet'. The original sense was ‘something which embraces’, (plural) ‘the outstretched arms'; hence, a unit of measurement based on the span of the outstretched arms, later standardized to six feet."

  • I owe her more than I can possibly fathom. And she owes me.

    我欠她太多,多到我无法想象。而她也欠我。

    《House of Cards Season 5》《纸牌屋 第五季》

  • Now, that is a scenario that I don't even like to fathom, but we can't escape it.

    那种情况我甚至都不愿想,但是我们无法回避。

    《House of Cards Season 4》《纸牌屋 第四季》

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