Fathom
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n.英寻 ( 量水深, 等于8米) ; v.彻底明白, 了解
- [英] v. 彻底明白, 了解 ( understand thoroughly)
- [类] erudite : fathom / oblivious : neglect ( 博学的[人]彻底了解 / 遗忘的[人]忽视)
- [记] fathom 原意为伸展手臂, 引申为伸展手臂后的长度
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. noun
- Etymology: Middle English fadme, from Old English f?thm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patēre to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai
- Date: before 12th century
- 1. a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water — sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number<five fathom deep>
- 2. comprehension
II. verb
- Date: 1607
- intransitive verb
- 1. probe
- 2. to take soundings
- transitive verb
- 1. to measure by a sounding line
- 2. to penetrate and come to understand <couldn't fathom the problem>
- ? fathomable adjective