英语词汇“fathom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

fathomfathom1 /ˈfæðəm/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYfathom¹

Origin: Old English fæthm

VERB TABLE

fathom

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	fathom
	he, she, it	fathoms
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fathomed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fathomed
	he, she, it	has fathomed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fathomed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will fathom
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fathomed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fathoming
	he, she, it	is fathoming
	you, we, they	are fathoming
Past	I, he, she, it	was fathoming
	you, we, they	were fathoming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fathoming
	he, she, it	has been fathoming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fathoming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fathoming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fathoming

to understand what something means, especially something very difficult to understand, after thinking about it carefully: The jury had difficulty fathoming the technical details.fathom how/why/where etc. Mark couldn’t fathom why she hated him so much.