5. A fathom (abbreviation: ftm) = 6 feet or 1.8288 metres, is a unit of length in the old imperial and the U.S. customary systems, used especially for measuring the depth of water.
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6. Originally based on the distance between a man's outstretched arms. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length.
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fathom: [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of fathom appears to be ‘stretching out, spreading’. It probably comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *pot-, *pet-, which also produced Latin patēre ‘be open’ (source of English patent) and Greek pétalos ‘outspread’ (source of English petal). Its Germanic descendant was *fath-, which produced the noun *fathmaz, direct ancestor of Old English fæthm.
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Here, the notion of ‘stretching out’ seems to have spread via ‘stretching out the arms’ to, on the one hand ‘embrace’ (and one meaning of Old English fæthm was ‘embrace, bosom’), and on the other ‘length spanned by outstretched arms’ – about six feet.
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=> patent, petal
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fathom (n.)
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Old English fæðm "length of the outstretched arm" (a measure of about six feet), also "arms, grasp, embrace," and, figuratively "power," from Proto-Germanic *fathmaz "embrace" (cognates: Old Norse faðmr "embrace, bosom," Old Saxon fathmos "the outstretched arms," Dutch vadem "a measure of six feet"), from PIE *pot(ə)-mo-, from root *petə- "to spread, stretch out" (see pace (n.)). It has apparent cognates in Old Frisian fethem, German faden "thread," which OED explains by reference to "spreading out." As a unit of measure, in an early gloss it appears for Latin passus, which was about 5 feet.
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fathom (v.)
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Old English fæðmian "to embrace, surround, envelop," from a Proto-Germanic verb derived from the source of fathom (n.); cognates: Old High German fademon, Old Norse faþma. The meaning "take soundings" is from c. 1600; its figurative sense of "get to the bottom of, penetrate with the mind, understand" is from 1620s. Related: Fathomed; fathoming.
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双语例句:
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1. I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about.
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我真搞不懂斯坦纳在说些什么。
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来自柯林斯例句
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2. We're trying to fathom out what's going on.
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我们在尽力搞清楚发生了什么事情。
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来自柯林斯例句
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3. It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
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丧子之痛是难以体会的。
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来自《权威词典》
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4. I can not fathom his meaning.
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我不能彻底理解他的意思.
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来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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5. I'm having difficulty using my video editing equipment and can't fathom out the various connections.
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我不会使用视频编辑设备,而且搞不清各种各样的连接。
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来自柯林斯例句
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It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
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丧子之痛是难以体会的。【牛津词典】
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He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.
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他弄不清这个男人的意思。【牛津词典】
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The ship sank in 20 fathoms.
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船沉在水下20英寻处。【牛津词典】
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(figurative)She kept her feelings hidden fathoms deep.
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她把感情深深地隐藏在心中。【牛津词典】
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We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.
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我们驶进海湾,将锚抛进 5 英寻深的水里。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about...
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我真搞不懂斯坦纳在说些什么。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.
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杰里米的消极态度令人费解。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He dipped the stick into the water to fathom its depth.
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他把棍条浸入水中,试探水的深度.【期刊摘选】
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Fathom shifts the scene, and appears in a new character.
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法顿迁到另一个地方, 以一个新的角色出现.【期刊摘选】
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I can not fathom his meaning.
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我不能彻底理解他的意思.【《现代英汉综合大词典》】
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I can't fathom out how to run the machine.
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我弄不明白怎样开动这台机器.【期刊摘选】
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A thought struck her with such force she lay back to fathom its meaning.
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忽然她有一个强烈的想法,并回来思考其意义.【期刊摘选】
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I can't fathom what you mean.
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我不能领会你的用意.【期刊摘选】
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This success is not hard to fathom.
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这次胜利很难说清有多大.【期刊摘选】
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A fathom is equal to six feet or 1.83 meters.
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一英寻等于6英尺或1.83米.【期刊摘选】
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The difficulty was to fathom Miss Rachel.
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问题就难在了解雷茜儿小姐的心意.【辞典例句】
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I cannot fathom what you mean.
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我不懂你说的意思.【辞典例句】
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Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.
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耶和华本为大,该受大赞美. 其大无法测度.【期刊摘选】
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I can't fathom him.
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我摸不透他的心思.【期刊摘选】
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St. John's eyes, though clear enough a literal sense, a figurative one were difficult to fathom.
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