| 单词 | to make a fathom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a fathom ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [noun] > specific part of body fathom1519 stretch1696 outstretching1866 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 29 The length..fro the both toppys of his myddell fyngers, whan he makethe a vadome. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 717 The first of these hornes..being of the length of my fadome. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 191 The extent of his fathome..is equall unto the space between the soale of the foot and the crowne. View more context for this quotation 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 Take an opportunity of going..to a Bear-stack, and fathom it three times round. The last fathom of the last time, you will catch in your arms, the appearance of your future conjugal yoke-fellow. < as lemmas |
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