English-Thai Dictionary

fathom

N หน่วย วัด ความลึก ของ น้ำ (มีค่า เท่ากับ  6 ฟุต หรือ1 .8 เมตร  ระยะ ลึก  6 ฟุต  nuai-wad-kwam-luek-kong-nam

 

fathom

VT วัด ความลึก ของ น้ำ  wad-kwam-luek-kong-nam

 

fathom

VT เข้าใจ  หยั่งรู้  comprehend penetrate kao-jai

 

fathom out

PHRV พยายาม ค้นหา  พยายาม ทำความเข้าใจ กับ  pa-ya-yam-kon-ha

 

fathomable

ADJ ซึ่ง วัด ได้  ซึ่ง สามารถ หยั่งถึง  measurable sueng-wad-dai

 

fathomless

A ที่ ไม่ อาจ วัด ปริมาณ ได้  ที่ ไม่ อาจ เข้าใจ ได้ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FATHOM

n. 1. A measure of length containing six feet, the space to which a man may extend his arms; used chiefly at sea for measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of the sea is sounding by a line and lead.
2. Reach; penetration; depth of thought or contrivance.

 

FATHOM

v.t. 1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling.
2. To reach; to master; to comprehend.
Leave to fathom such high points as these.
3. To reach in depth; to sound; to try the depth.
Our depths who fathoms.
4. To penetrate; to find the bottom or extent. I cannot fathom his design.

 

FATHOMED

pp. Encompassed with the arms; reached; comprehended.

 

FATHOMER

n.One who fathoms.

 

FATHOMING

ppr. Encompassing with the arms; reaching; comprehending; sounding; penetrating.

 

FATHOMLESS

a. 1. That of which no bottom can be found; bottomless.
2. That cannot be embraced, or encompassed with the arms.
3. Not to be penetrated or comprehended.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FATHOM

FATHOM Fath "om, n. [fadme, faedhme, AS. fæedhm fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. faedhmos the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. faedhmr fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent, Petal. ]

 

1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

 

2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. Shak.

 

FATHOM

Fath "om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathoming. ]

 

1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs. ] Purchas.

 

2. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. Dryden. The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. Hawthotne.

 

FATHOMABLE

FATHOMABLE Fath "om *a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being fathomed.

 

FATHOMER

FATHOMER Fath "om *er, n.

 

Defn: One who fathoms.

 

FATHOMLESS

FATHOMLESS Fath "om *less, a.

 

1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.

 

2. Incomprehensible. The fathomless absurdity. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fathom

fath om |ˈfaT͟Həm ˈfæðəm | ▶noun a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m ), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water: sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 [ usu. with negative ] understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person ) after much thought: he could scarcely fathom the idea that people actually lived in Las Vegas | [ with clause ] : he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious. 2 measure the depth of (water ): an attempt to fathom the ocean. DERIVATIVES fath om a ble adjective, fath om less adjective ORIGIN Old English fæthm. The original sense was ‘something that embraces, ’ (plural ) ‘the outstretched arms ’; hence, a unit of measurement based on the span of the outstretched arms, later standardized to six feet.

 

Fathometer

Fa thom e ter |faT͟Hˈämətər, ˈfaT͟Hə (m )ˌmētər fæˈðɑmədər | ▶noun trademark a type of echo sounder.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fathom

fathom |ˈfað (ə )m | ▶noun 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. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 [ usu. with negative ] understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person ) after much thought: the locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity | [ with clause ] : he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious. 2 measure the depth of (water ): an attempt to fathom the ocean. DERIVATIVES fathomable adjective ORIGIN Old English fæthm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vadem, vaam and German Faden ‘six feet ’. The original sense was ‘something which embraces ’, (plural ) ‘the outstretched arms ’; hence, a unit of measurement based on the span of the outstretched arms, later standardized to six feet.

 

Fathometer

Fathometer |faˈðɒmɪtə | ▶noun US trademark a type of echo sounder.

 

fathomless

fathom |less |ˈfað (ə )mləs | ▶adjective unable to be measured or understood; extremely deep: staring into a pair of cold, fathomless grey eyes | the fathomless depths of the novel.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fathom

fathom verb 1 Charlotte tried to fathom her cat's expression: understand, comprehend, work out, make sense of, grasp, divine, puzzle out, get to the bottom of; interpret, decipher, decode; informal make head (s ) or tail (s ) of, crack. 2 fathoming the ocean: measure the depth of, sound, plumb.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fathom

fathom verb 1 Charlie tried to fathom the expression on his friend's face: understand, comprehend, work out, fathom out, make sense of, 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; informal make 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; Brit. informal twig, suss (out ); N. Amer. informal savvy; rare cognize. 2 an attempt to fathom the ocean: measure the depth of, sound, plumb, probe; gauge, estimate.

 

fathomless

fathomless adjective 1 her serene, fathomless eyes: enigmatic, mysterious, impenetrable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, opaque, profound, deep. 2 a fathomless well: bottomless, unfathomable, unfathomed, unsounded, immeasurable, endless, infinite, measureless; very deep, unplumbed, profound, yawning, cavernous, gaping; literary abysmal; rare chasmic. ANTONYMS shallow.

 

Duden Dictionary

Fathom

Fa thom Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈfæðəm |das Fathom; Genitiv: des Fathoms, Plural: die Fathom [s ] englisch ; »Faden «englisches Längenmaß (1,828 m ), besonders bei der Schifffahrt

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fathom

fath om /fǽð (ə )m /〖語源は 「広げた両腕 (の長さ )」〗名詞 複 ～s ; 数詞を伴う場合 ｟英 ｠ではまた ～C 1 ファゾム 〘主に水深を測る単位; 約1.8m; ｟略 ｠fath.〙.2 ｟英 ｠ファゾム 〘材木が合計6フィート立方になる量 〙.動詞 他動詞 1 〈なぞ 不可解な事など 〉を (よく考えて )理解する, 測り知る (out ) (!しばしば不可能 困難を表す否定文脈で ) .2 …の水深を測る (sound ).

 

fathomless

f á thom less 形容詞 ｟文 ｠1 測り知れぬほど深い, 底知れずの .2 (複雑過ぎて )理解できない, 不可解な .