"fathoms" in Chinese (Traditional)
英尋理解 (比喻義,罕用)
Definition
「fathoms」是「fathom」的複數,是一種測量水深的單位,約1.8米或6英尺。它也能做動詞,表示深入理解某事,但這種用法很少見。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
多用在海事或航海場合,測量水深時用:'ten fathoms deep'。作動詞時較正式、文學化(如“fathoms the mystery”),動詞的三單形式極少見且帶詩意。
Examples
The ship is anchored in twenty fathoms of water.
這艘船停泊在二十**英尋**水深處。
Divers found coral at five fathoms below the surface.
潛水員在水面下五**英尋**處發現了珊瑚。
The old map says the lake is ten fathoms deep in the middle.
舊地圖顯示湖中央有十**英尋**深。
Submarines can descend thousands of fathoms beneath the ocean.
潛艇能下潛到幾千**英尋**的深海。
The poet’s thoughts dive into emotional fathoms most would never reach.
詩人的思緒潛入難以抵達的情感**英尋**深處。
No one fathoms the mystery behind those old ruins.
沒有人**理解**那座古老遺跡背後的神祕。