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Looming Looms Verb Large Loomed 例:...The Problem 英['Lu:Mɪŋ

单词 looming
音标
英['lu:mɪŋ] 美['lumɪŋ]
解释
n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼);v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近;
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.
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