fathom
/ˈfæðəm/ i̇sim C2Türkçe: kulaç
- A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
- An internationally standardized version of this unit, the international fathom (= 1.8288 metres = 6 feet).
- A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted. · After we'd rowed for an hour, we found ourselves stranded ten fathoms from shore.
- An unspecified depth.
Çoğul fathoms
Kütüphaneden
The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thoughts.
“You shall pass it by twenty fathoms.”
“Belay.” This order was also executed; and the vessel passed, as Dantès had predicted, twenty fathoms to windward.
Two broke, from the heat of the fire; the other ten were sunk three hundred fathoms deep into the sea.
Diğer sonuçlar
fathom kelimesini gerçek metinlerde öğrenin
Ücretsiz bir hesapla kütüphanedeki herhangi bir kelimenin üzerine gelerek anlamını görün, sesli okunuşunu dinleyin, kelimeleri hafızanıza göre zamanlanan tekrarlar için kaydedin ve her kitabın ne kadarını zaten bildiğinizi görün.