fathom
US: /ˈfæðəm/
UK: /fˈæðəm/
UK: /fˈæðəm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fathom /'fæðəm/
- danh từ, số nhiều fathom, fathoms
- sải (đơn vị đo chiều sâu, bàng 1, 82 m)
- sải (đơn vị đo chiều sâu, bàng 1, 82 m)
- ngoại động từ
- đo chiều sâu (của nước) bằng sải
- (nghĩa bóng) tìm hiểu, thăm dò
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) ôm
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
~ sb/sth (out) to understand or find an explanation for sth: [VN] It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child. + [V wh-] He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.
+ noun
a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 6 feet or 1.8 metres: The ship sank in 20 fathoms. + (figurative) She kept her feelings hidden fathoms deep.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
probe, sound, plumb, penetrate, search (out), investigate, measure, gauge, determine, ascertain, work out, get to the bottom of, delve into, understand, grasp, divine:
I never quite fathomed the purpose of this device.
Concise English dictionary
fathoms|fathomed|fathoming'fæðəm
noun
+a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
+(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
verb
+come to understand
+measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
