fathom

/fath-uhm/US // ˈfæð əm //UK // (ˈfæðəm) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural fath·oms, fath·om.
- : a unit of length equal to six feet: used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to measure the depth of by means of a sounding line; sound.
- : to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand: to fathom someone's motives.

verbdiscern, understand

Forms: fathomed, fathoming, fathoms

Synonyms

Perhaps, instead, they had reached a desperation we can't quite fathom.
The celebrity of Li is hard to fathom in terms that American fans—tennis savvy or not—can fully comprehend.
As a powerful woman she presents problems for men trying to fathom her.
Now, my daughter is older and I can barely fathom that she is a teenager.
Now another monologue, also spoken by a woman who has experienced more than most can fathom, has left me entranced and devastated.
There were to be many things yet which Felipe could not fathom in this lovely, sorrowing, sunny sister of his.
This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.
There is no protection there for the ships against submarines except Enos harbour and Enos is only one fathom deep.
From the portress Cibot to the Marquise d'Espard, not one of his women has an evil thought that he does not fathom.
Maud Barrington's eyes were grateful, but there was something that Winston could not fathom behind her smile.

/fath-uhm/US // ˈfæð əm //UK // (ˈfæðəm) //

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n.名词 noun

1
plural fath·oms, fath·om.
- : a unit of length equal to six feet: used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to measure the depth of by means of a sounding line; sound.
- : to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand: to fathom someone's motives.

verbdiscern, understand

Forms: fathomed, fathoming, fathoms

Synonyms

Perhaps, instead, they had reached a desperation we can't quite fathom.
The celebrity of Li is hard to fathom in terms that American fans—tennis savvy or not—can fully comprehend.
As a powerful woman she presents problems for men trying to fathom her.
Now, my daughter is older and I can barely fathom that she is a teenager.
Now another monologue, also spoken by a woman who has experienced more than most can fathom, has left me entranced and devastated.
There were to be many things yet which Felipe could not fathom in this lovely, sorrowing, sunny sister of his.
This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.
There is no protection there for the ships against submarines except Enos harbour and Enos is only one fathom deep.
From the portress Cibot to the Marquise d'Espard, not one of his women has an evil thought that he does not fathom.
Maud Barrington's eyes were grateful, but there was something that Winston could not fathom behind her smile.