fathom的意思和读音

fathom

: [ˈfæðəm] : ['fæðəm]

v.

n. 6 1.8

fathoms  fathoming  fathomed  

v.understand,work out,figure out,comprehend,divine

fathomv.

1.to understand or find an explanation for sth

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

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

n.

1. 6 1.8 a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 6 feet or 1.8 metres

The ship sank in 20 fathoms. 20

She kept her feelings hidden fathoms deep.

n.1.(,6,1.829)2.()

v.1.,,穿2.()3.;

n.1.a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 meters or 6 feet

v.1.to understand something complicated or mysterious

1. fathom fathom fathometer indicator ...

3. fathom line 线 fathom fathometer chart

4. uterus: fathom: 穿 embryos: ...

5. 4. [ capture the persons who are in adultery] 7. [ fathom;ascertain] 8. [ arrest;catch] ...

6. fathom line 线 fathom fathometer chart

7. father-in-law fathom fatigue (使) ...

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1.Other people may have been content staying at home and not traveling until they were in their 40s, but I could not fathom such a long wait.40

2.It's a Who's Who of who earned the most, and how much they are worth that is almost too much to fathom.

3.So saying it cannot occur just because the alternative is too bad to fathom, I think, is a bit too easy to say.

4.This was all pre-Microsoft Office monopoly, if you can fathom such a time.便

5.The sheer diversity of these bodies' masses, sizes, compositions and orbits challenges those of us trying to fathom their origins.

6.eg. Their talk is often hard to fathom but their exuberance still comes through.

7.His momentary weakness had vanished with the explanation of a mystery which his own experience had not served to fathom.

8.She stops and looks at me with sad eyes, eyes that seem to say that she understands, that she, too, cannot fathom why I am here.

9.It is, in general, hard to fathom what he sees or thinks, which is both the point and a bit of a problem.

10.I spent the night trying to reassure her, and she sent me off the next morning displaying a distinct uneasiness which I could not fathom.