fathom
gb/fˈæðəm/ us/fˈæðəm/
B2
Engleză
~ 9600
felfogni, megérteni, angol öl, öl, vízmélységet mérni, ólmot vetni
VERB
C1
1
Tipar de utilizare:
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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."
Sens
Understand something deeply or fully
Colocații
cannot fathom
|hard to fathom
|try to fathom
|fathom the reasons
|fathom the meaning
|fathom how [something] happened
Sinonime
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.)
Antonime
misunderstand (Shows that a person has the wrong idea instead of a clear or deep understanding.)
|
cannot relate to (Focuses on emotional or personal distance rather than intellectual understanding.)
Teme
thinking
|emotions
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
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.
SUBSTANTIV
B2
TECHNICAL
2
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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).
Sens
Unit of length equal to six feet
Colocații
ten fathoms deep
|in forty fathoms
|a depth of [number] fathoms
|soundings in fathoms
|measured in fathoms
Sinonime
six feet (Literal length equivalent, but not specific to water depth or nautical use.)
Teme
measurement
|travel
|nature
|science
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
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.
VERB
C1
TECHNICAL
3
Tipar de utilizare:
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
Measure water depth in fathoms
Colocații
fathom the depth
|fathom the channel
|harbor was carefully fathomed
|fathom the river
|fathom the seabed
Sinonime
sound (Standard nautical term for measuring water depth; *fathom* is less common and more traditional or descriptive.)
Teme
measurement
|travel
|science
Definiție
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.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
fathom
IPA
GB/fˈæðəm/
US/fˈæðəm/
Silabe și accent
fathom (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (fathom)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: fathom
- Plural: fathoms
Verb
- Base: fathom
- 3rd Person Singular: fathoms
- Present Participle: fathoming
- Past: fathomed
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
fathoms
noun
fathoming
verb
fathomed
verb
Related words
fathomable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unfathomable
adjective
Advanced or less common
unfathomably
adverb
Expresii
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
Exemple
- 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
Exemple
- 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
Exemple
- 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.