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Loom Large Luːm Loomed Threatening Frightening   [V Looming

The word "loom" can be used as a verb meaning to appear as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way, or to refer to a situation that is likely to happen soon and may be worrying. It can also be used as a noun referring to a machine used for weaving cloth.

The word "loom" can be used as a verb meaning to appear as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way, or to refer to a situation that is likely to happen soon and may be worrying. It can also be used as a noun referring to a machine used for weaving cloth.

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/lu͟ːm/
1
[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

2
[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.
  [V]
  [V adv/prep]
  [V-ing]
  [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

3
[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。

4
[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

    Oxford loom / luːm ; NAmE luːm /
    verb
    ,
    noun
    loom looms loomed looming
    verb 1 [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。 IDIOM ˌloom ˈlarge to 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。 noun a machine for making cloth by twisting threads between other threads which go in a different direction 织布机 loom / luːm ; NAmE luːm /
    LDC
    loom1 verb
    loom2 noun
    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.
    loom1 verb
    loom2 noun
    loomloom2 noun [countable]
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    a frame or machine on which thread is woven into cloth
    WDF

    loom

    [lu:m]loomed, looming, looms

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    织布机(68%),隐约可见(18%),若隐若现(9%),迫近(5%)
    n.织布机;若隐若现的景象
    vi.可怕地出现;朦胧地出现;隐约可见
    vt.在织布机上织
    n.(Loom)人名;(瑞典)洛姆

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