[VERB 动词](庞然大物或形状模糊之物)耸现,出现 If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
[V prep/adv]
[Also V]
Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
文森特赫然耸现在我面前,面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.
黑暗中若隐若现、耸立在我们四周的荒山
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[VERB 动词]迫近;逼近;即将爆发 If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
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[JOURNALISM 新闻]
Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States...
另一场政府开支危机在美国一触即发。
The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.
内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。
...the looming threat of recession.
日益迫近的经济衰退的威胁
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[PHRASE 短语](尤指问题或忧虑)挥之不去,萦绕心中,显得突出 If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
[V inflects]
...the terrible problem of armed crime now looming large in our society...
已日渐成为我们当今社会一块心病的严重的持械犯罪问题
As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.
这种紧张关系的不断加剧使其在俄罗斯国内政治中愈发凸显。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]织机;织布机 A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.
相关词组:
loom up
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loom/luːm; NAmEluːm/
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loomloomsloomedloomingverb1[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening or threatening way 赫然耸现;(尤指)令人惊恐地隐现◆A dark shape loomed up ahead of us.一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。2[intransitive ]to appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon 显得突出;逼近◆There was a crisis looming.危机迫在眉睫。IDIOMˌloom ˈlargeto be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid 令人忧虑,令人惊恐(并似乎难以避免)◆The prospect of war loomed large.战争的阴影在逼近,令人忧虑。nouna machine for making cloth by twisting threads between other threads which go in a different direction 织布机loom/luːm; NAmEluːm/
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loomloom1 /luːm/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]
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1[always + adverb/preposition] to appear as a large unclear shape, especially in a threatening wayloom up/out/ahead etc Suddenly a mountain loomed up in front of them.2if a problem or difficulty looms, it is likely to happen very soon: An economic crisis is looming on the horizon.3loom large to seem important, worrying, and difficult to avoid: Fear of failure loomed large in his mind.
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a frame or machine on which thread is woven into cloth
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