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1. Oxford Dictionary

   fathom

   • IPA[ˈfað(ə)m]

   英式

   • n.
     a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 metres), 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 (1.8 metres), 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 the locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious 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
3. • 更多解釋

   fathom

   • IPA[ˈfaT͟Həm]

   美式

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

   Oxford American Dictionary