音标：['fæðәm] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 英寻(长度单位,合6英尺)
vt. 测量深度, 看穿, 彻底了解
vi. 测深

n. a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
n. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
v. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

词型变化：名词复数形式 : fathoms ; 现在分词 : fathoming ; 过去式 : fathomed ; 第三人称单数 : fathoms ; 过去分词 : fathomed
考试类型：[GRE]

词性分布：

动词85%

名词15%

fathom的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

The ship sank in four fathoms.这条船沉下四英寻。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

This kind of love is difficult to fathom, but it's fundamentally reliable.虽然很难去测量这种爱有多深，但是它却完全可以信赖。

用作及物动词(vt.)

I cannot fathom his meaning.我不能彻底了解他的意思。
He dipped the stick into the water to fathom its depth.他把棍条浸入水中，试探水的深度。

词汇搭配

fathom curve等深线
fathom scale标深尺
fathom line等深线
fathom out理解

经典引文

The swaying weeds ten fathom beneath the keel.
出自：J. Masefield
Take anchor rope..it's a penny a fathom.
出自：R. Bolt
His pictures..plunged me a few fathoms deeper into my delight.
出自：C. S. Lewis
Trees..so thick that a man could not fathom them.
出自：Sir W. Scott

【近义词】

understand懂得
comprehend充分理解
grasp把握
measure措施
gauge测量仪器
sound声音
plumb（用铅垂）测量...
work out做出
figure out算出
divine神圣的
make out起草
think through彻底地全面考虑...
probe调查
follow跟随
sense感官
fthmfathom
penetrate渗透
bottom底部

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