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Loom Verb Large Loomed 例:...The Looming Problem 英[Lu:M

单词 loom
音标
英[lu:m] 美[lum]
解释
n.织布机,织布法;若隐若现的景象;桨柄;[航]翼肋腹部;vi.& link-v.朦胧出现;vi.隐约地出现;赫然耸现;迫在眉睫;
例句

VERB
(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.
例: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。
例:...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

VERB
迫近;逼近;即将爆发
If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon.
例: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。
例:The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead.内战战火重燃的威胁正迫在眉睫。

PHRASE
(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.
例:...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
例: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。

N-COUNT
织机;织布机
A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.
变形
third:looms~done:loomed~pl:looms~ing:looming~past:loomed~

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