fathom
美音:
[´fæðəm
]英音:
[´fæðəm
]n.长度单位(6英尺) vt.测量深度,看穿,彻底了解 vi.测深,进行探索
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词形变化:
动词过去式:fathomed 过去分词:fathomed 现在分词:fathoming 第三人称单数:fathoms 形容词:fathomable 名词复数:fathom
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fathom
/'fæðəm; `fæðəm/
n measure (6 feet or 1.8 metres) of the depth of water 英寻(水深量度单位, 合6英尺或1.8米)
*The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深四英寻.
* The ship sank in twenty fathoms. 该船下沉二十英寻. =>App
5 见附录5.
v [Tn]
1 measure the depth of (water) 测量(水的)深度.
2 understand or comprehend (sb/sth) fully 充分理解(某人[某事物]); 领悟
*I cannot fathom his remarks. 我不能完全理解他的话.
3 (phr v) fathom sth out find a reason or explanation for sth 找出某事物的原因或理由
*Can you fathom it out? 你能想出是怎么回事吗?
1. This continental slope usually starts at a place somewhere near the 100-fathom mark and in the course of a few hundred miles reaches the true ocean floor at 2,500-3,500 fathoms. 大陆架慢坡一般是从差不多100英寻水深的地方开始的,一直延伸到几百英里远深达2,500至3,500的地方,那里才是真正的海底。
2. Like adolescents they stand before the mirror, and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them. 犹如希腊神话中那位漂亮的少年,站在镜前,不能辨认自身的真面目。
3. I cannot fathom his remarks. 我不能完全理解他的话.
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