今日の単語 fathom
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１．fathom 日本人には発音しづらい単語ですね。ちょっと例文をのぞいてみましょう。
Australians try to fathom why state of Victoria has fared worst with Covid-19 – SYDNEY – In recent weeks, the 6.7 million residents of the Australian state of Victoria have found themselves in a familiar situation as they were forced to go into lockdown while the 19 million people in the rest of the country continued as normal. (from Straits Times)
オーストラリア。ビクトリア州だけがコロナの影響が大きいようです。
‘Who Can Fathom This Kind of Hate?’: Grief and Calls for Action After Muslim Family Murdered in Ontario
“This loss of a family, the loss of a child in our community because of Islamophobia—this is a sorrow that will run deep for a long time,” said the National Council of Canadian Muslims. (from Common Dreams)
理不尽な死。ヘイトクライムなんて fathom できますか。
Great white shark encounters boat during Ocean City tournament – A great white shark encountered a boat fishing in Ocean City’s Mako Mania Shark Tournament on Sunday. The shark, which was estimated at 12 feet, was spotted by Bahia Marina Capt. Brandon Miller and the crew of the Miller Time, according to Scott Lenox of Fish in OC. The great white came inches from the boat and entered the crew’s chum slick while biting and hanging on to a tuna carcass. It was spotted at the 20 fathom fingers off of Ocean City and swam away unharmed, according to Lenox. (from delmarva now.)
元々の意味でしょうか。海のことばですね。
２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみます。
a unit for measuring a depth of water, equal to 1.8 meters or 6 feet
a unit of length equal to 6 feet; used chiefly in nautical measurement
to discover the meaning of something
to understand someone or why someone acts as they do
to penetrate to the truth
to comprehend
If you cannot fathom something, you are unable to understand it although you think carefully about it.
尋 （水深の測定単位で６フィート）
ひとの考えなどを測る、推測する、見抜く、理解する
原因などを探る、突き止める
今日の単語は
fathom 理解する
でした