unfathomable

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /(ˌ)ʌnˈfæðəməbl̩/|/ʌnˈfæðm̩əbl̩/    美 /ˌʌnˈfæð(ə)məb(ə)l/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Impossible to fathom.; Especially of depth: physically incapable of being measured; immeasurable.
    — [W]e are not to make our eſtimate of the quantity of VVaters meerly by the Superficies of the Sea, but by its vaſt depth, vvhich in ſome places is unfathomable, and by thoſe vaſt ſubterraneous Receptacles of VVater vvhich pour themſelves out in ſeveral great Ebullitions and Marine Springs: […]
  2. Impossible to fathom.; Impossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand. figuratively
    — The sheer number of warriors the enemy attacked with was unfathomable.

词形变化

more unfathomable comparative most unfathomable superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
unfathomability unfathomableness unfathomably
相关词
fathom fathomable fathomless unfathomed inconceivable unimaginable

词源

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + fathom (“to measure the depth of (water); (figurative) to deeply understand (someone or something)”) + -able (suffix forming adjectives denoting things not able or fit to be done).
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