fathom
gb/fˈæðəm/ us/fˈæðəm/
B2
الإنجليزية
~ 9600
felfogni, megérteni, angol öl, öl, vízmélységet mérni, ólmot vetni
فعل
C1
1
نمط الاستخدام:
to fathom [something]
I just can't fathom why he would quit a job he loves.
Egyszerűen nem tudom felfogni, miért hagyna ott egy olyan állást, amit szeret.
Scientists are still trying to fathom the long-term effects of the new drug.
A tudósok még mindig próbálják megérteni az új gyógyszer hosszú távú hatásait.
She struggled to fathom how such a small mistake caused so much damage.
It's hard to fathom the amount of data that company collects every day.
Many people cannot fathom living without access to the internet.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
I cannot fathom why she is so angry.
Nem tudom felfogni, miért ilyen dühös.
He tried to fathom the meaning of the strange message.
Megpróbálta megérteni a különös üzenet jelentését.
It is hard for me to fathom life in a war zone.
She still cannot fathom how they lost the game.
They are trying to fathom what went wrong.
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes use *fathom* for simple understanding, where *understand* is more natural (e.g., saying "I fathom English" sounds strange; say "I understand English"). *Fathom* is usually used with negatives or difficulty, such as "can't fathom" or "hard to fathom."
المعنى
Understand something deeply or fully
المتلازمات اللفظية
cannot fathom
|hard to fathom
|try to fathom
|fathom the reasons
|fathom the meaning
|fathom how [something] happened
المرادفات
understand (More general and neutral; does not suggest that the thing is especially difficult or puzzling.)
|
grasp (Similar meaning; slightly more informal and often used for ideas or concepts.)
|
comprehend (More formal; often used in written or academic contexts.)
الأضداد
misunderstand (Shows that a person has the wrong idea instead of a clear or deep understanding.)
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cannot relate to (Focuses on emotional or personal distance rather than intellectual understanding.)
الموضوعات
thinking
|emotions
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
to understand something that is very hard to understand
To come to understand or grasp something that is complex, strange, or hard to believe, often after serious thought.
اسم
B2
TECHNICAL
2
نمط الاستخدام:
[number] fathoms (deep)
The ship dropped anchor in fifteen fathoms of water.
A hajó tizenöt öl mély vízben vetett horgonyt.
Divers found the wreck resting at a depth of nearly sixty fathoms.
A búvárok majdnem hatvan öl mélyen találták meg a roncsot.
Older nautical charts often show depth in fathoms instead of meters.
The cable was long enough to reach the seabed, seventy fathoms below.
Whales can dive to several hundred fathoms in search of food.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
The lake is thirty fathoms deep here.
A tó itt harminc öl mély.
On this map, the numbers show depth in fathoms.
Ezen a térképen a számok a mélységet ölben jelzik.
The boat stayed in water less than ten fathoms deep.
They measured the sea at fifty fathoms.
A fathom is six feet of length.
خطأ شائع:
Learners may confuse *fathom* with *fantom* or *phantom* because of similar sound. Also, some think a fathom is a small depth; in fact, one fathom is six feet (about 1.8 meters).
المعنى
Unit of length equal to six feet
المتلازمات اللفظية
ten fathoms deep
|in forty fathoms
|a depth of [number] fathoms
|soundings in fathoms
|measured in fathoms
المرادفات
six feet (Literal length equivalent, but not specific to water depth or nautical use.)
الموضوعات
measurement
|travel
|nature
|science
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
a unit of length equal to six feet, used to talk about the depth of water
A unit of length equal to six feet (about 1.8 meters), used especially for measuring the depth of water.
فعل
C1
TECHNICAL
3
نمط الاستخدام:
to fathom [the depth / the channel / the harbor]
Sailors once had to fathom the harbor by hand before entering at night.
A tengerészeknek egykor kézzel kellett kimérniük a kikötő mélységét, mielőtt éjjel behajóztak.
They stopped the boat to fathom the channel near the reef.
Megállították a hajót, hogy megmérjék a zátony melletti csatorna mélységét.
The crew fathomed the river repeatedly to avoid running aground.
Before modern instruments, mariners would fathom the seabed with a weighted line.
The passage was carefully fathomed and marked on the chart.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
Long ago, sailors would fathom the sea with a rope.
Régen a tengerészek kötéllel mérték a tenger mélységét.
They used a line to fathom the depth of the river.
Egy mérőzsinórral mérték meg a folyó mélységét.
The captain told the crew to fathom the harbor.
He learned how to fathom the water on an old ship.
They stopped the boat to fathom the deep water.
خطأ شائع:
Learners may think this is the same as the common verb meaning "understand". In this technical sense, it is a physical action of measuring water depth, usually in historical or nautical contexts.
المعنى
Measure water depth in fathoms
المتلازمات اللفظية
fathom the depth
|fathom the channel
|harbor was carefully fathomed
|fathom the river
|fathom the seabed
المرادفات
sound (Standard nautical term for measuring water depth; *fathom* is less common and more traditional or descriptive.)
الموضوعات
measurement
|travel
|science
التعريف
to measure how deep water is, using a line marked in fathoms
To measure the depth of water, traditionally by using a line marked in fathoms.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
fathom
IPA
GB/fˈæðəm/
US/fˈæðəm/
المقاطع والنبر
fathom (١ مقطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (fathom)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
- Base: fathom
- Plural: fathoms
Verb
- Base: fathom
- 3rd Person Singular: fathoms
- Present Participle: fathoming
- Past: fathomed
عائلة الكلمة
Forms
fathoms
noun
fathoming
verb
fathomed
verb
Related words
fathomable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unfathomable
adjective
Advanced or less common
unfathomably
adverb
التعبيرات
can't fathom
1/kˈænt fˈæðəm/
fixed phrase
Be unable to understand
used to say that you are not able to understand something at all
أمثلة
- I can't fathom why they made such a risky decision.
- She can't fathom how people live without clean water.
- He simply can't fathom the hatred between the two groups.
fathom out
1/fˈæðəm ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
Work out or understand something
to finally understand something difficult after thinking about it for some time
أمثلة
- It took me a while to fathom out what she was trying to say.
- Scientists are still trying to fathom out how the disease spreads.
- I can't fathom out why the computer keeps crashing.
hard to fathom
1/hˈɑɹd tə fˈæðəm/
fixed phrase
Very difficult to understand
used to say that something is very difficult to understand or imagine
أمثلة
- The scale of the disaster is hard to fathom.
- It's hard to fathom how quickly the company grew.
- For many people, life without a phone is hard to fathom.