| 单词 | unfathomable |
| 释义 | unfathomable (once / 3089 pages) adj Unfathomable means impossible to ever understand. For most people, the field of quantum mechanics is unfathomable. Fathoms are seafaring units of measure equaling about six feet. So something that is unfathomable is also immeasurable, especially when it comes to depth. If your sonar isn't bouncing anything back to you, you're dealing with an unfathomable distance. Metaphorically, unfathomable can refer to something that resembles an abyss, some figurative notion that's so deep you can't even measure it. WORD FAMILYunfathomable: unfathomably+/fathom: fathomable, fathomed, fathoming, fathoms/fathomable: unfathomable/fathomed: unfathomed USAGE EXAMPLES“The number seemed pretty unfathomable before it happened — even when it was at 11,” said Gomez. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Such a poignant last sentiment was once unfathomable. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) They wrote that his case was a “textbook example of adolescent impulsivity leading to unintended, unexpected, and, for Mr. Smallwood, previously unfathomable consequences.” Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj impossible to come to understand Syn incomprehensible, uncomprehensible difficult to understand 2adj of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured Syn|Ant deep having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination unsoundabletoo deep to determine the depth of fathomable, plumbable, soundable (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth 3adj resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable Syn abysmal, abyssal deep having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination |
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