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loom

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they loom
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he / she / it looms
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past simple loomed
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past participle loomed
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-ing form looming
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Idioms
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  1.  
    [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening 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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog in front of him.幽灵般的形状从他面前的雾中隐约可见。
    • He loomed above her.他隐隐在她上方。
    • The tower loomed over the city.塔笼罩着这座城市。
    • A figure loomed in the doorway.门口隐约可见一个人物​​。
    • Dizzying walls of rock loomed on either side of them.岩石的墙在两边隐约可见。
    • Something huge and black loomed out of the mist.一个巨大的黑糊糊的东西从薄雾中隐隐出现。
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    [intransitive] (of something bad坏事) to appear serious and and likely to happen soon显得突出；逼近
    • There was a crisis looming.危机迫在眉睫。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • A new threat is now looming on the horizon.一种新的威胁现在迫在眉睫。
    • Further problems loomed ahead of us.进一步的问题迫在眉睫。
    • The day of the election loomed ever closer.选举的日子越来越近了。
    3. Word Originverb mid 16th cent.: probably from Low German or Dutch; compare with East Frisian lōmen ‘move slowly’, Middle High German lüemen ‘be weary’.
Idioms
loom large
  1. to be frightening and make you worried because something seems 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。🔊🔊
    • The issue looms large in political campaigns nationwide.这个问题在全国的政治活动中显得很突出。

loom

noun
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  1. a machine for making cloth by crossing threads over and under other threads that go in a different direction织布机
    Word Originnoun Old English gelōma ‘tool’, shortened to lome in Middle English.