fathom 是什么意思

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过去式:fathomed 过去分词:fathomed 名词复数:fathom 现在分词:fathoming

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
(pl. fathoms, 〔集合词〕 fathom)
1.英寻(测量水深用的长度单位，合6英尺，或1.829米)。
2.〔英国〕剖面为一平方英寻的(木材)量。
短语和例子
piled fathom 劈柴层积(〔英国〕＝6×6×6英尺)。
vt.
1.测(水)深。
2.推测，领会，看穿。
短语和例子
I can not fathom his meaning. 我领会不透他的意思。 fathom the universe 探索宇宙。
vi.
测深；进行探索。
adj.
-able
深度可测的；可以了解的。

	(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore 同义词：fthm,
	a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth 同义词：fthm,

	measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line 同义词：sound,
	come to understand 同义词：penetrate, bottom,

例句与用法

	1.	Who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart ? 谁能理解人心的奥秘呢？
	2.	The difficulty was to fathom miss rachel . 问题就难在了解雷茜儿小姐的心意。
	3.	I have not yet quite fathomed her meaning . 我当时还没有完全揣摸出她是什么意思。
	4.	The wreck lies full fifty fathoms deep . 失事的船沉在足足有五十深的海底。
	5.	Pug no longer tried to fathom the president's purposes . 帕格不想再去探测总统的意图。
	6.	I cannot fathom his meaning . 我领会不透他的意思。
	7.	What these people hoped to achieve is hard to fathom . 这些人希望实现些什么目标难以揣测。
	8.	Sir james clark rose had obtained a depth of over 2, 400 fathoms in 1839 . 詹姆斯克拉克罗斯爵士在1839年就测得一个2400多的深度。
	9.	They stand before the mirror and still can not fathom the exact outline of the vision before them . 他们立于镜前，仍然识不透面前形象的真切轮廓。
	10.	I would like to fly very slowly at two hundred fathoms high and see the fish from above . 我倒想在两百英那么高的地方慢慢地飞，从上面看一看鱼。

fathom是什么意思

fathom 是什么意思

中文翻译与英英解释

例句与用法