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fathom
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語源 1
From Middle English fathome, fadom, fadme (“unit of length of about six feet; depth of six feet for nautical soundings; (loosely) cubit; ell”) [and other forms],[2] from 古期英語 fæþm, fæþme (“encircling or outstretched arms, bosom, embrace; envelopment; control, grasp, power; fathom (unit of measurement); cubit”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *faþm (“outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”), from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”), from Proto-Indo-European *pet-, *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”).[3]
- Ancient Greek πέταλος (pétalos, “broad; flat”), πετᾰ́ννῡμῐ (petánnūmi, “to open; to spread out; to be dispersed または scattered”) (whence English petal)
- Gothic (faþa, “fench; hedge”)
- Latin pateō (“to extend, increase; to be accessible, attainable, open; to be exposed, vulnerable”)
- Low German fadem, faem (“cubit; thread”)
- Middle Dutch vadem (modern Dutch vaam, vadem (“fathom”))
- Norwegian Bokmål favn (“an embrace; a fathom”)
- Old Frisian fethm (“outstretched arms”)
- Old High German fadam, fadum (“cubit”) (Middle High German vade (“enclosure”), vadem, vaden, modern German Faden (“fathom; filament, thread”))
- Old Norse faþmr (Danish favn (“an embrace; a fathom”), Icelandic faðmur (“an embrace”), Swedish famn (“the arms, bosom; an embrace”))
- Old Welsh etem (“thread”)
名詞
- (chiefly nautical, historical, US) 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.
- (nautical, US) A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
- (figuratively)
- (obsolete)
- The act of stretching out one's arms away from the sides of the torso so that they make a straight line perpendicular to the body.
- Someone or something that is embraced.
- 1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature E, verso:
- (figuratively) Control, grasp.
- 1604 (first performance), [Thomas Middleton], “Inductio”, in Michaelmas Terme. […], London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Edward Allde] for A[rthur] I[ohnson] […], published 1607, →OCLC, signature A2, recto:
使用する際の注意点
At sea, the fathom is exclusively a measure of water depth. Therefore, a boat 100 fathoms offshore is not 600 feet from the shore, but rather at the nearest point to shore where the water depth is 600 feet.
同意語
- (unit of length): stade; toise (some contexts); brace (some contexts); braza, estadio (Spanish contexts); orguia (Greek contexts)
派生語
参考
語源 2
From Middle English fathmen, fadmen (“to encircle (something) with the arms, embrace; to feel, grope; to measure by the ell (または perhaps the fathom)”) [and other forms],[4] from 古期英語 fæðmian, from Proto-Germanic *faþmōjan, from *faþm (“outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”):[5] see further at etymology 1.
動詞
fathom (三人称単数 現在形 fathoms, 現在分詞 fathoming, 過去形および過去分詞形 fathomed)
- (transitive)
- (also figuratively) To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.
- (archaic or obsolete) To encircle (someone または something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.
- (figuratively) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone または something); to get to the bottom of.
- Synonyms: figure out, puzzle out, work out
- Coordinate term: grok
- I can’t for the life of me fathom what this means.
- 2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)[2]:
- Otamendi’s selection ahead of Vincent Kompany was difficult to fathom and, apart from Fernandinho, City’s line-up was otherwise filled with attacking players.
- (obsolete) To embrace (someone または something).
- (intransitive)
- To measure a depth; to sound.
- (figuratively) To conduct an examination or inquiry; to investigate.
派生語
- fathomable
- fathomer
- fathoming (noun)
- fathomless
- fathomlessly
- unfathomable
参照
- ^ Bingham, Caleb (1808), “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] [1], 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 75.
- ^ “fadme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “fathom, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “fathom, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “fadmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “fathom, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “fathom, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- fathom on Wikipedia.
- fathom (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.
- “fathom”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “fathom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- fathom at OneLook Dictionary Search
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