fathoms是什么意思？

fathoms

• n. 英寻( fathom的名词复数 )；
• v. 理解…的真意( fathom的第三人称单数 )，彻底了解，弄清真相；

例句

• One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处.
• The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻.
• Tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms. 今晚鳕鱼将要大量群集在距岸三百浔的地方.
• We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water. 我们驶进海湾，将锚抛进 5 英寻深的水里。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  英寻(度量单位，等于 1.8 米或 6 英尺，用于指水深)
  A fathom is a measurement of 1.8 metres or 6 feet, used when referring to the depth of water.
  例句
  We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water. 我们驶进海湾，将锚抛进 5 英寻深的水里。
• VERB
  透彻理解;深入了解;弄清…的真相
  If you cannot fathom something, you are unable to understand it, although you think carefully about it.
  例句
  I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about... 我真搞不懂斯坦纳在说些什么。 Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom. 杰里米的消极态度令人费解。