fathom
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(US, historical)(chiefly nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
- 2.
(US)(nautical, US) A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
After we'd rowed for an hour, we found ourselves stranded ten fathoms from shore.
- 3.
(figuratively, in plural)An unspecified depth.
- 4.
(archaic, figuratively, obsolete)Depth of insight; mental reach or scope.
- 5.
(obsolete)The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
- 6.
(obsolete)Someone or something that is embraced.
- 7.
(figuratively, obsolete)Control, grasp.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(also, figuratively, transitive)To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
- 2.
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.
- 3.
(figuratively, transitive)Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.
I can’t for the life of me fathom what this means.
Đồng nghĩa: figure out, puzzle out, work out
- 4.
(obsolete, transitive)To embrace (someone or something).
- 5.
(intransitive)To measure a depth; to sound.
- 6.
(figuratively, intransitive)To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
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ine-pro From Middle English fathome, fadom, fadme, from Old English fæþm, fæþmefæðm, from *faþm (outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)), from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)), from Proto-Indo-European *pet-, *peth₂- (to spread out; to fly).