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Loomed Loom Large Textile Luːm V.隐现;隐约可现 Iceberg Thick

Front loom
Pron [luːm]
Back 【loom】
v.隐现;隐约可现
A large iceberg loomed through the thick, gray fog.
从厚厚的,灰灰的雾中隐约可见一座大冰山。
Vocab
looma textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

Loom has two distinct meanings. First, it's a tool for weaving. Second, it means to appear or stand over someone in a threatening way. The future loomed grim. The shadow loomed above us.

A common way we hear loom is in "loomed large," as in, "The specter of getting fired loomed large in Amanda's imagination." Deriving from Low German or Dutch, the word sounds smoky (or misty) and spectral: the Antarctic ice-shelf loomed on the horizon as Shackleton's ship approached the continent.

All forms of 'loom' will appear on average once every 428 pages.
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