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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   fathom

   • IPA[ˈfaT͟Həm]

   美式

   • n.
     a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water
   • v.
     understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought；measure the depth of (water)

   • verb: fathom, 3rd person present: fathoms, gerund or present participle: fathoming, past tense: fathomed, past participle: fathomed

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious he could scarcely fathom the idea that people actually lived in Las Vegas 同義詞 understand, comprehend, work out, fathom out, make sense of, ... 更多grasp, catch, follow, perceive, make out, penetrate, divine, search out, ferret out, puzzle out, take in, assimilate, absorb, get to the bottom of, interpret, decipher, decode, disentangle, untangle, unravel, piece together, informalmake head or tail of, take on board, get a fix on, get/catch the drift of, tumble to, crack, dig, get, get the picture, get the message, see what's what, twig, suss (out), savvy, rarecognize
   • 2. measure the depth of (water) an attempt to fathom the ocean 同義詞 measure the depth of, sound, plumb, probe, gauge, ... 更多estimate