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音标：[ "fæðəm ]过去式:fathomed过去分词:fathomed名词复数:fathom现在分词:fathoming

中英文翻译

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。

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