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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292

loom

verb
 
/luːm/
/luːm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they loom
/luːm/
/luːm/
he / she / it looms
/luːmz/
/luːmz/
past simple loomed
/luːmd/
/luːmd/
past participle loomed
/luːmd/
/luːmd/
-ing form looming
/ˈluːmɪŋ/
/ˈluːmɪŋ/
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.幽灵般的身影从他面前的雾中隐约出现。
    • He loomed above her.他隐约出现在她上方。
    • The tower loomed over the city.这座塔隐约出现在城市上空。
    • A figure loomed in the doorway.一个人影隐约出现在门口。
    • Dizzying walls of rock loomed on either side of them.令人眼花缭乱的石墙隐约出现在他们的两侧。
    • 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。
  2.  
    [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.一个新的威胁正在逼近。
    • Further problems loomed ahead of us.更多的问题摆在我们面前。
    • The day of the election loomed ever closer.选举日越来越近了。
    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
/luːm/
/luːm/
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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.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292
loom verb
⇨ appear
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6042 COCA: 5292
loom
To appear and appearance: appear, resurface, emerge...
To be certain or likely to happen: await, threaten, be heading/headed for something...
Spinning, weaving and basketry: basketry, basketwork, cane...

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